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Show , Cheaper Way to Fatten I Beef Cattle Outlined G. A. Branaman, Michigan State College animal husbandry authority, author-ity, reports that full feeding' grain is the quickest way to get a steer to market, but it isn't necessarily the cheapest or the most profitable. Plain cattle, for Instance, should be fed longer and more cheaply than well-bred steers of good type. "Corn silage full-fed along with protein supplement may replace all the grain for plain steers when fed a longer time," he comments. "Yearling steers usually are fed from 4 to 7 months, depending on their grade and quality, and the amount of grain fed. Calves require a longer time to fatten and 2-year-olds a shorter time. Wintering calves on roughage, then pasturing for part or all of the summer without grain results in cheap gains. Under present cattle cat-tle and feed prices it is possible to pasture cattle for two summers, feeding roughage in winter. These animals may be grain fed for a short time or sold as grass-fat cattle. |