. Beef production . Cattle. BABY BEEF 77 MUST BE WELL-BRED YOUNGSTERS Other things being equal, the younger the cattle the longer it will take to mature them for market. Well- bred feeding cattle can be matured for market at a much younger age than the plainer kinds. One thing is certain, baby beef must be made with young cattle. Only well-bred ones will mature sufficiently early to satisfactorily meet market requirements. It should be borne in mind, too, that, provided care has been exer-. Fig. 7. The right quality with which to produce baby beef. cised in the selection of feeding calves or y
. Beef production . Cattle. BABY BEEF 77 MUST BE WELL-BRED YOUNGSTERS Other things being equal, the younger the cattle the longer it will take to mature them for market. Well- bred feeding cattle can be matured for market at a much younger age than the plainer kinds. One thing is certain, baby beef must be made with young cattle. Only well-bred ones will mature sufficiently early to satisfactorily meet market requirements. It should be borne in mind, too, that, provided care has been exer-. Fig. 7. The right quality with which to produce baby beef. cised in the selection of feeding calves or yearlings with which to make baby beef, the period of full feeding must of necessity be considerably longer than with older cattle. It is necessary to exercise greater care in the selection of feeding cattle intended for ripening into baby beef than older cattle for the reasons already stated and for the additional reason that the younger an animal is and the more milk fat it possesses, the less it shows its lack of quality or breeding. By the time a steer is two years old one can tell quite accurately how such steers will feed out. It is a much more hazardous propo-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mumford, Herbert Windsor, 1871-. Urbana, Ill. : Herbert W. Mumford
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