. Productive agriculture . ties, they are popular on the Western andNorthwestern ranges. The breed has been criticized for lack ofspring of rib, late maturity, and for slow response to points are being overcome to a large extent by selectivebreeding. (See Exercise 4.) Management of Beef Cattle. — The number of beef cattle perone thousand people in the United States has decreased from 660to 450 between 1900 and 1910. The reasons for this decreaseare: 1. The ranges of the West are being plowed up. 2. Farmers can often get more cash out of the sale of theircrops. 3. Tenant farmers a
. Productive agriculture . ties, they are popular on the Western andNorthwestern ranges. The breed has been criticized for lack ofspring of rib, late maturity, and for slow response to points are being overcome to a large extent by selectivebreeding. (See Exercise 4.) Management of Beef Cattle. — The number of beef cattle perone thousand people in the United States has decreased from 660to 450 between 1900 and 1910. The reasons for this decreaseare: 1. The ranges of the West are being plowed up. 2. Farmers can often get more cash out of the sale of theircrops. 3. Tenant farmers are frequently unable to stock the rentedfarms. 4. Growing cities have increased the demand for milk and itsproducts. Economic Production of Beef. — In producing beef more eco-nomically three points must be considered: 1. Relation of age to economic gains. 2. Relation of age to cost of fattening. 3. Influence of degree of finish upon gains. I. Relation of Age of Cattle, to Economic Gains. — The tabula- BEEF CATTLE 155. iS6 PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE tion of the findings by the Ontario Agricultural College showsthe amount of gain in weight at different ages and the amountof food required. Relation or Age to Economic Beef Production ? First Year Second Year Third Year Pounds Founds Pounds Daily gain . Total gain ... 78s 456 350 Feed per one hundred pound gain milk calf used .... 492 Concentrates . ... IS9 480 689 Hay ... ... 184 777 776 Succulent feed . . 314 1928 2637 Digestible nutrients per one hundred pound gain 31S 87s 1183 Water drunk daUy . . 27 43 47 . This table shows that the first year the calf made a gain pounds a day; the second year, ; and the third year, pounds a day. If the feed per one hundred pound gain isstudied, some interesting points are brought out. The totaldigestible nutrients required to produce one hundred poundsgain was 315 pounds during the first year, 875 pounds the secondyear, and 1183 pounds the third year. The steer weighe
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