Show I Cheaper Way to Fatten Beef Cattle Outlined I G. G A. A Branaman Michigan State Stat College animal husbandry authority authority authority author author- ity reports that full feeding grain is the quickest way to get a steer stee to market but it isn't necessarily the cheapest or the most profitable I Plain cattle for lor instance should be fed longer and more cheaply than well-bred well steers of ot good type Corn silage full fed along wit with protein supplement may replace all the grain for plain steers when fed a longer time tune he comments Yearling steers usually are fe fed from 4 to 7 months depending on their grade and quality and th the amount of grain fed Calves require a longer time to fatten and year 2 olds a shorter time Wintering calves on roughage then pasturing for part or all o othe of the summer without grain gram results result in cheap gains Under present cattie cattie cattle cat cat- tie 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 I cattle |