Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-10-04

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This means either radical changes in
methods of feeding or much higher.
priced beef There are today several
methods in practice, all of which will
need some modification to meet the
requirements of constantly changing
conditions
Baby beef seems to suggest one
line that may be followed with pro.
fit Even with the highp rices pre-
Vaillng for grain and hay during the
past two years, the men who have
been producing baby beef have been
able to make fair profits. much bet
ter profits, in fact, than those who
have fed mature stock, whether such
stock was home grown or from the
range. With the 3-year-old or A.
year-old range steer in the feed lot
two to two and a half tons of hay
and one ton of grain per head is con-
sidered necessary to finish a 1900 TO
1900 pound steer On the other
hand it has been demonstrated again
and again that we'll bred calf kept
growing thrifty up to IS or "a
months of age. can be finished in
condition to top the market with less
grain and hay during its entire life
| than is required to finish the 4-year-
old; the 2-year-old is better beef,
weighing as much and selling for as
high price per pound. One carload
of yearling steers recently sold in the
Portland market for an average price
or $50 per head. 1t would seem,
then, that to cheaper the cost of
beef it will be necessary to take ad-
vantage of such we'll recognized
facts as these
The younger the animal, the less
feed it takes to make a pound of
gain.
The greater the variety in the ra-
ton the greater the gain per pound
OF food, therefore the less will be the
cost per pound of meat made
The animal, old or young, uses the
proteids and carbohydrates in GER
tain proportions; more or less of
either than the animal uses is vast
ed; therefore, the nearer the ration
is compounded to make a balanced
ration the less waste there will be.
In beef making. as in other lines
of manufacturing. cost of production
is reduced by the elimination of all
unnecessary waste.
Alfalfa hay alone is not a balanced
ration. therefore it is not economy to
try making beef on alfalfa hay alone
either feed a portion of grain or
grass hay and some grain if you are
to make the largest gain for each
pound of feed.
1t costs less to keep an animal
growing than to start it growing
again after it has stopped. Once an
animal is stunted for lack of feed
no after feeding can entirely rem edy
the damage. 1t always takes more
feed to make a pound of gain ON an
animal that has once been stunted
than on one that has been kept con-
stantly growing.
The food OF maintenance is an ex-
pense account, therefore it resuires
much less feed to manufacture 1900
pounds of meat in "a months than
1t does to take IS months in which
to do the work
With young. growing animals. it
Is a well recognized fact that if d
portion of the ration is succulent
food, roots, silage or green feed,
either as pasture grass or soiling
crop-it requires a less amount of
nutriment to make pound of gain
than when the entire ration is dry
grain and forage.
On high-priced lands. silage and
soiling crops are, as a rule, more eco
namical foods than pasture.
Throughout the Pacific Northwest
all root crops can be grown to adj
vantage. Under intensive methods,
by the liberal use of manure, thor
ough preparation of the soil and good
cultivation, 80 to so tons per acre
may be grown. have been told that
In Scotland they make good beef at 8
normal cost with turnips and straw.
or course( this is done with Scotch