. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. aturday. July 1915.] THB BRBBDI1R AND 3PORTBMAN THE FARM REASONS FOR BABY BEEF. Baby Beef is looked to as an in- reasingly promising product of mten- ve farming, and with the large Amount of surplus alfalfa and the ne- lessity for getting something to con- lume it, haby beef appears to hate letter prospects in irrigated districts laan anywhere else. Steers used to Jo to market four years old and over lut baby beef can be turned off at Irom 13'to 20 months with the prob- bilitv of still further reductions in lee by improved breeding and better feeding Good baby
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. aturday. July 1915.] THB BRBBDI1R AND 3PORTBMAN THE FARM REASONS FOR BABY BEEF. Baby Beef is looked to as an in- reasingly promising product of mten- ve farming, and with the large Amount of surplus alfalfa and the ne- lessity for getting something to con- lume it, haby beef appears to hate letter prospects in irrigated districts laan anywhere else. Steers used to Jo to market four years old and over lut baby beef can be turned off at Irom 13'to 20 months with the prob- bilitv of still further reductions in lee by improved breeding and better feeding Good baby beef commands 1 heavy premium in the market. 1 The U S Department of Agriculture la a recent publication summarizes lome of the reasons for baby beef. I (1) Younger cattle make more lains on the same amount of feed ban older cattle, but it is necessary to lush them from the time they are Iropped. Grain should be given from lbe start and the calf should not know â ffhen it was weaned. \ (9) Monev invested is turned fast- er in 18 months instead of five years. I (3) The herd kept can be smaller 1 aid feed once given to two and three- '-ear-olds can be fed to cows and the mtput thus increased. (4) Open heifers market just as veil as steers provided they are mark- â ted at less than two years, and they vill finish better and make better use f their feed. (5) The baby beef market is the nost stable of all cattle markets This ipplies more to the East than to the Pacific Coast, but in each case there I no surplus and the market is ripe o be educated to quality. ' Results with good breeding and larty feeding in the East indicate hat the alfalfa grower need fear no ianger of small returns if cattle pt£ taction is properly conducted and the marketing machinery properly devel- opedâOrchard and Farm. TWO CLASSES OF FARMERS. I was have worked up to an age of from 2o to 30 years. Mares have been known to foal as many as 30 colts in their lifetime. Stallions have seen active service up
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