A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . forms to the idealbeef type, the more certain is the progeny to yield a profit ,and thebetter the animal, the greater the return. It has been shown also that condition at the beginning of fatteninghas a marked influence upon the ultimate profits secured, feederscarrying the most flesh, up to a reasonable limit, yielding the greatestnet return. 34 35 At the Central and Nappan Farms,steers two years old have madethe most rapid and profitable gains. While at that age they havereached the stage of sufficient maturity to appropriate a good portionof
A review of the work of the Experimental Farms . forms to the idealbeef type, the more certain is the progeny to yield a profit ,and thebetter the animal, the greater the return. It has been shown also that condition at the beginning of fatteninghas a marked influence upon the ultimate profits secured, feederscarrying the most flesh, up to a reasonable limit, yielding the greatestnet return. 34 35 At the Central and Nappan Farms,steers two years old have madethe most rapid and profitable gains. While at that age they havereached the stage of sufficient maturity to appropriate a good portionof their food to fattening, they are still making fairly rapid growth offrame and muscle. At Brandon and Indian Head, cattle purchasedwhen a year old proved the most profitable feeders. This was espe-cially marked with cattle fed during the winter at Brandon in the openair with only a thicket of trees for shelter. For a number of years, a study of the influence of age on the costof making gains, or increasing the weight of steers, was under inves-. Baby beeves. tigation. These experiments have shown a fairly regular gradationof cost according to age, that is, the older the animal and the longer onfeed, the more expensive it is to make a pound of increase in cost per 100 Ibs. has ranged about as follows:— From birth to 6 months $ From 6 to 12 months $ From i to 2 years $5-49 From 2.\ years to 3 years $ From 3^ to 4 years $7-97 In the fattening period, it was found that early gains are muchmore cheaply put in than later gains, but it is the finishing or latergains that raise the selling price per pound. Experiments in housing have involved feeding animals when looseand tied, in roomy quarters and in cramped quarters and in stables wellventilated and poorly ventilated. It has been found that steers dobetter loose than tied, in groups not more than seven or eight headof about equal size and strength, allowing each animal about 70 square32880—3! 36 feet of fl
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