Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-12
now TO FATTEN STEERS.
The Best Way TO Produce the Best Beef with
Least Expense.

The Best Way TO Produce the Best beef with
Least Expense.
From the San Francisco Examiner
1t is not very surprising that superior
quality Of beef may be produced by good
feeding, but 1t is difficult to understand the
method in which the process Of fattening was
done and ITS cost For that purpose we will
select some of the prize animals ofthe Kansas
fat stock show, and give the details as made
known by the stockmen who exhibited the
steers. OF the young steers, Cornwall, Here
ford, was calved April 8, 1882, and as the
years and q months old. For the first six
months he was allowed to remain with his
dam, and then consumed $50 gallons Of
SKINNED milk, having the run of the pasture
during the time he was with the COW.
During the latter part OF his first year he
also consumed 1000 pounds Of hay, lS0
pou nds of oats, 1870 pounds OF bran and 80
pounds OF oilcake After his first year he
was on pasture the first six months,
saa year s Mss 1s sa o s' pounds OF ' Of hsy
$40 pounds OF shorts, 20 pounds of oilcake,
but during the whole year he was also fed
$40 pounds OF oats and $40 pounds OF corn
meal. From his second year to October 25th
pounds of hay, $40 pounds Of oats, go pounds
OF oilcake and i60 pounds OF corn in the
ear His weight was l,670 pounds, and the
cost of the feed consumed is not given in
uetdll, luo EXPENSE Oh prUOuclnR t0o
1870 pounds was 1896 per hundred po1n ds.
Taking look at the yearlings we find Logan,
an Aberdeen-Angus steer, was calved ON
October 8, 1888. For the period to October
8, 1884, he was allowed to be with his dam
five months and consumed $50 gallons of
milk. Was ON pasture the balance OF tho time
and also fed on 1000 pounds OF hay. During
800 days he was given $40 pounds OF crushed
OF is, 435 pounds of shorts and 165
pounds of oilcake. From October sth
hay, 81 pounds OF crushed oats, 81
pounds OF shorts and II pounds of oilcake
His weight was 800 pounds, at cost of $2.65
per hundred pounds Making comparison
between the two steers it will be noticed that
the younger animal was the more profitable,
| the beef being produced at an estimated cost
of S264 per pound, while with the elder steer
the cost was only fraction less than cents
per pound. The character of the feed had
much to do with the difference in cost with
some of the steers for the feeding of the
young animals was with view to promote
growth, oats being relied upon principally
for that purpose. Anotner steer, aged two @
allowance Of oats but during the period from
birth TO slaughter received over 10000
pounds of shelled corn, which many
maintain is the cheapest food that can
from @ s the steer @ which was fed 50 So liber. Dsg.
ally with corn was $647 per hundred
pounds The conclusions arrived at are that
young stock is more profitable than when al
lowed to fully mature that variety Of food
fed plentifully, is best that In the early
stages of growth milk is an important factor
that corn Is cheap grain, 1t does not give as
good results when fed alone as when used
moderately in connection with substances
rich in nitrogen and phosphates that more
is gained by supplying the needed eleme nts
of growth--bone and tissue-than in attem pit
ing to lay ON fat without building up the
structure, and that the cheapest way to pro-
breeds and push them from the first days
existence, rs better prices are also obtained
for good quality.