. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 294 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED Influence of degree of finish.—Impelled by a hearty appetite, under liberal feeding the steer at first lays on fat rapidly, storing it everywhere within the body. When it has become fairly well-fleshed the appetite loses its edge, and the steer shows a daintiness in taking his food not at first noticed. Every pound of increase now takes more feed than formerly. Th
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 294 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED Influence of degree of finish.—Impelled by a hearty appetite, under liberal feeding the steer at first lays on fat rapidly, storing it everywhere within the body. When it has become fairly well-fleshed the appetite loses its edge, and the steer shows a daintiness in taking his food not at first noticed. Every pound of increase now takes more feed than formerly. This is not only because the steer eats less feed per 1,000 lbs. body weight and hence has less available for making body tissue, but also because gains at the close of the fattening period are more concentrated; , contain less water and a larger proportion of fat. The fattening process may be likened to inflating. Fig. 82.—Championship 2-Yeae-Old Fat Steers at the International The great majority of experienced farmers who buy feeder steers to fatten prefer 2-year-olds. Many of those who raise their own feeders on high-priced land find it more profitable to fatten the animals as baby beef. a football—the operation, easy and rapid at first, grows more and more difficult until the limit is reached. Tho the large markets demand well-fatted steers, to meet the de- mand it is not necessary to carry them to extreme fa'tness, which means exceedingly expensive gains. The wise feeder will therefore watch the market and sell his animals as soon as they are sufficiently finished to meet its demands, unless a probable decided advance in price warrants holding them longer. At this stage sufficient fat will have been deposited between the bundles of muscle fibers to give the characteristic "marbled" appearance and make the meat more tender and palatable. As we have seen in Chapter V, this is the primary object of fattening meat-producing animals. Length of feeding period.
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