. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. -MPi. Fig. 8. Yearlings, thick and hard. Therefore, other things being equal, the baby beef has an ad- vantage over the older and heavier cattle when it goes to market, provided it is prime. To make it prime while still young constitutes one of the principal difficulties in making baby beef. A FAIR COMPARISON WOULD BE TO MAKE THE CATTLE OF ALL AGES EQUALLY FAT. It would seem, therefore, from the foregoing, that the only way to compare the cost of gain in young and old catt
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. -MPi. Fig. 8. Yearlings, thick and hard. Therefore, other things being equal, the baby beef has an ad- vantage over the older and heavier cattle when it goes to market, provided it is prime. To make it prime while still young constitutes one of the principal difficulties in making baby beef. A FAIR COMPARISON WOULD BE TO MAKE THE CATTLE OF ALL AGES EQUALLY FAT. It would seem, therefore, from the foregoing, that the only way to compare the cost of gain in young and old cattle would be to make both classes or ages equally fat. To feed them all an equal length of time would, as has already been pointed out, be unfair. 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 Missouri. State Board of Agriculture. Jefferson City, Mo. : Missouri State Board of Agriculture
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