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Show TYPES OF BABY BEEF COWS Three Important Factors Should Bo Kept in Mind In Maklna Selection Selec-tion of Breeders. In selecting cows from which baby beef Is to be produced, three very important im-portant factors should be kept in mind : 1. The cows should have at least u fair amount of beef blood. Pure-breds Pure-breds are not necessary, .but two or three crosses of such breeding is essential. es-sential. Cows with a preponderance of dairy blood will not do for the production pro-duction of baby beef. 2. Cows best Bilked for this type of breeding usually weigh 900 pounds or over In thrifty breeding condition. So long as early maturity is not sacrificed, sacri-ficed, the heavier cowa are the most suitable for baby-beef production. Size of frame rather than weight should govern In selecting cows which are to be used for this purpose. 3. The cows used to produce baby beeves should produce enough milk to keep the calves fat and growing without much additional feed up to weaning time. In addition to these three factors, such things as constitution, uniformity uniform-ity of breeding, color, size and early maturity should be considered. , |