Show TWO WO finneral fiel fiE ml I 1 ebka L METHODS M AS TO MAKING OF 0 F BEEF prof C V gregory contributes entertaining article to the advocate on subject of much local interest copyright 1800 by american press association aie ate two general alth tuisku T odd of making beef the first cou slits lu in the tile calves calies front birth they arc are about tights cell eai months of tige UK vhf n they art warded aa as bib but bo tf thu the other Is tu to bil bit up oung I 1 tuff fied jt it foi tot it few months nud and sell liell it for v i hut it n N III bring fa 1 he lie bulk ot of thise 1 Is 14 4 bought in lit tho the fall ns tio ana betl through the bome some nn am bou bought 9 bt a as 4 bearling yearlings 3 ind arid leit hept a ear car ou on rough fald and rupture bedoll they are put into the tile flotd lot baby bab beef with mill the lessening lessen ng bize size of the inges r and nt smaller supply of U west est 4 ru fie drs it Is 1 bo becoming coming more necessary ices at for the fanner to raise 3 own oun ittle inhere liero this la Is done doue it will ustia usually ll be most prod pro fital taPe ae to alii them vs bib beef thus nN molding the t ex x of beeping thum them until three scars tars old good duni cos are estrill us trill lisle us d to produce alby beet beef animals slice it la Is to too often a losing proposition to kica a con a cir for the calf call atone alone where the tile calles are being ral raised iati f r breeding purposes and 1 4 41 I 1 0 11 sall ill for it i coner tale nil 1111 bo be abio nl lood e to rut bilth ra mid and ili 11 e on aien w will this Is tu tot n for wf bt f lalica alv A aa as tit calf Is it week old it should be he gra gradually duall ell antl froni v to aih aceAL to the plan girau klat n in article t S ks POOH soon ra possible the calves 04 should bo be ta tiiU llight Klit to eat shelled corn N ith it few oata oats mixed etli it with clour or for liage ish blell corn lone alone does do i vory M of 1 I IQ lie r tildes ih es should be gil chui cu all te the rough fud hit chii will 1111 eit lit na its by tle eloping a largo when nheu ao gichter galtis call ho b later aroni the tile of miah prodie ton it 1 ill let best to liau tho tile calles conio collie lu ill the tile fall but bilt if g on the calas la Is thi the point sought calan caching N 1 in this ann a the lie ralos ill liam to be kept through lut ono winter I titer of cheap agn anlin I 1 tia on oil en it be im oata obtained I 1 bletl if I 1 f t the he when ame mme in ili the spring they should be 1 turned on oil aria 1 wi soon as possible A thuly pasture ill till occasional lomi 11 1 1 for lien ution are bad will ill add to tin tile grilli 1 4 some grilii be fed nil mili niner the lie bellig larghi by the price irenr 9 balti at feeding fe dlin inere ies tit rato rate of gain but wit to tit the coet cost grain flunk Illo tild continue throughout the tb winter mith lie tile addition of plenty of clover or airhart air sart hi iri an ana n little abage or roots if such feed call iw be biad one of OW best was to feed to corn nt at till alila time Is 14 to snap it and run rut it through gli it there Is a freshness about snipped corn that innee the file cattle ellah it a great deal deni more thin the do corn that has been busl husked ed the tile feeding alue of the tile buska husks amount to considerable too littia oil or cottonseed meal me ai addal to tuo we ri ra tion ill cheapen tho tile cost of gain ain it if corn ii 1 high in price the rhe most rapid calm anini arc are mide where here til alfalfa falfa or clover I 1 form the only rou Blage iti it I nt at the tile rate of about throe three pound pounds 0 of iny bay to one ot of corn adding viding a little cheaper roughage reduced the coit of gaill howe however er part of 0 the clo closer er nn ma be rep cepl lLeti to advantage b bi silage tle feed ft ed ga glian ell should be liberal as 1 tend to grow gron rather thin than to fat teu ten thlu la is specially cl el dent it in calam ot of scrub nn cestr the feeder should endeavor to make thern glow and anti fatten nl a the tile lnell same time never losing the colf fat during the tile early pirt virt of the tile second sum mer nier while fl ille the grasi la is at its bost the 11 grain feeding mar may out but krould ix increased again after it month or so until the calves are getting nil all the tile will mill clean up ill the proper time to market will depend largely upon the price and the tile finish of tho little A little ecari i finish adds cun con v to the price in lit copt that have hate been car rita ali d on to dt the rel relative atlie cost of plia v it has been blen found that rains gains call lie be put on ear lings from front 23 25 to 30 ar cent cli cheaper caper than on oil two year olds objection la Is sometimes inide to baby beef belf raising on the ground that the rough ige such na as cornstalks corn and straw cannot be disposed of in this u aly ay thi i la Is true but the cows will nill ue a largo large pirt of tills feed and the rest can bo be turned into bidding and atred to swell the size of the mn nure ulle there ore are some advantages advantage li it older cattle however I 1 they f bey gala faster and more uniformly and put ou on a better feeding older cattle where two tuo jerrolds j ear olds are to be fed they must usual bo be purchased occasionally casio nally a few can be picked up in the neighborhood but if tiny number aro are wanted they will have to bo be bought on abe gLi general jeral iti amit in ili order to make a 4 profit in lit feeding fet there must be e it i margin beta cm the cost cot of feed jud and the selling price of fat animals it the fat biter yells sells for 1 a buti hundred dred weight more lie was bought for each tach hundred pounds oc or his original NL weight light baa has licau increased in lit value 1 it la Is in this way may that most of tup the profit in feeding la Is obtained lining ing feeding cattle right is ope ove of the tile important factors to su success in ili the cuttle cattle business large cal eat tie UL can call be sard I purchased on oil a narrower margin than lighter r ones since ahtie la Is more weight to be increased in alue for of 1 on oil a TOO phad A would mean a in Iner ln crase tase in lit lulue alue of 7 on oil a it alto 1200 pound stet the margin would ouia need to be MI 6 00 cents to produce the same amount principle id Is that the loli thy the price at lit the auders tire the greater greit Lr must be le we margin of 0 c couise olits the margin in lit an till u the till b le bonin fince the bi illig prat laimit be foretold fori told to a certainty in ili advance in there are at of points to be kept hept in mind one of the important of these la is A bunch bunell of steers that arc ura uniform mil forill aa its to size and quality will nill fald bittar r and bring it better arke arb L fatte tiLd tho the feeders should tomu collie aa as near the beia type aa as possible abort short foco face aud anti neck bleil bod well itell sprung ribs broad back top and under tinder line long rump fairly fairl short legs the steer with a sit atta a bick bich or 11 it ribs should bu be avoid ed it swa mia back will imer heler become thickly co cocrel ere I 1 I 1 ith tiesh flesh and ti it oar nar row rot one catill cannoa oL carry as much inal it 14 LE wide tilde one I 1 since till this s 11 where th highest priced bucat la is found till this point will be au important one it in addition to the etc rs should hive good constitution anti large calia cit INIth without out being paunchy too tou it leg s en 9 thu th 0 P c rc of dressel beef tint that the a animal will kill hill out i while lille a ateer hit thit id is tucked ua up in ill the alink it will ill autv never er in llo good goni trilus if an al of the cattle hive have horns th jhc thc should bo deb dehorned orned at once after getting thein then leorne the tile usual il of getting gettin cattle on ell feed Is 1 to hurr the process it as possible Ios sIble gett ilig them thein on full tied within clifteen to thirty days from thu the tinie the atre first put into the fecil feed lot inhere here the cattle ale ate to be on oil tied but a short time raty ninety days this la Is undoubtedly the best method it Is not economical horr I 1 arger amounts of grain will nirm d with less roughage illegally smaller toward the tit end of me feeding period as the cattle l to thereof tire of the hear rations tills this plau plan la 13 fol followed louea the safest plan wan I 1 li to chaff the tile haa ha with will n feed cutter tind and mix the grien writh with it some sonic should hp used to balance tit alic corn A more plan usually 1 is to start in more slowly talin taking as long it as sitty daab to sot got tile lie cattle en on full feed the feed fe et I 1 during this pre im 7 li mintry period iiii luell of tho tile liter na tit well jul m 10 snapped corn silage roay be fed to nev ai vantage during the airet part of the feeding fieden period if fed seliag durin the finishing period they will not smooth 41 auitt up tip well ivell ship as well or sell well tha dion of busine a lighter crain grain ration and a longer fedin pui il 1 I produces cheaper gains doun doin to a certain point by the end of sixty diya days the cattle should be on oil full aad and should reecho nil all the will clean up tip from front th tint thit it time tinie on oil they aro are in better shape to stand cron cr din than it if they had been pushed from the start and will continue to make male satisfactory batis factory gains up to the end of the feeding period sonic oil or cottonseed meal should be given during the tile last days as it not cheapens the coat cost ef c gains but also adds to the finish where there are hogs follow lug cattle grinding feed will seldom pay with the possible exception of the last two or three weeks experiments in feeding for a long perica comp compiled ired as to profits with feeding for a short period hiie tri e shown it that if roughage be re lathel ieli more plentiful and cheaper thin than moil meil then the tit long feed iq the more profitable r I 1 4 PIG PIO GO GOOD ANGLO but where me tile il la Is plentiful ul and rough age scarce then the short feed la is billiel to be more profitable experiments in lit feeding lota lots of an all inferior class of steer in comparison with lots of it medium class of steer and lota lots of n superior class of steer go to show th tint it the superior cliss class give greatly r returns for feed fed make greater galus gains in 11 it ghen time and sell tor for a higher pike than do the tile inferior class feeding steers twice a da daa rather than more morio frequently has been found advisable reeding a succulent ration lina ling lein IP u found to be cheaper and more wholesome than an nil all dry feed ration ratin mixing roughage e and meal seems to gho glo better results res thai feeding them separately |