The Bismarck tribune., 1924-06-12
HIGH PRICED
BABY BEEF IS
FEDCAREFULLY
Demonstration Farm Sells
Baby Beef Heifer at Nine
Cents Per Pound
now DIET WAS CHANGED

Fargo, N. d., June l2.-Lucy, des-
pite the fact that she was we'll fed
and cared for and given all of the
protection that the young should
have, has left her North Dakota
farm home and by this time has
probably been introduced to at least
some of the evils Of Chicago.
Back on the Dakota farm home
where she spent all of her early
days those who cared for her
seem quite hardened to the fact that
she has gone. In fact they are
elated about it for instead of Lucy
they have $3.50 to spend for some
farm necessities.
Lucy, skim milk baby beef heifer
sold recently on the Chicago live
stock market at nine cents pound.
She weighed when Id months old,
800 pounds. After deducting ship
ping expenses she netted the former
owners $3.50, a good return they
believe, considering that many North
Dakota short-yearling heifers net
but from SIS to $50 on the st. Paul
or Chicago markets.
The heifer was bred and fed on
the Mcleod demonstration farm,
branch of the North Dakota cxper-
iment station. Edgar Olson, man
ager of the farm, states that during
the first five weeks of her life,
Lucy was fed three and one-half
quarts of whole milk twice day.
at this time, Lady, her mother,
grade Shorthorn COW, was giving 25
quarts of milk daily.
Gets Whole Milk
At the end of the fourth week
little skim milk replaced some of the
whole milk, and at the end of the
sixth week, Lucy was getting the
same amount of skim milk as she
formerly received of whole milk. BY
this time the feed that she consumed
took the place, at least to large
extent, of the butterfat that was
lacking in the milk after it was sep
arated.
Her milk allowance, both when
she received whole and skim milk,
was always weighed so that she got
her regular ration, no more and no
less. As soon as it was noticed
that she started nibblng at hay
that was continually in front of her
she was given small amount of
ground feed.
This was gradually increased the
older she grew, as was the skim
milk, but at no time did she receive
little over two gallons day. At
all times she had free access to
water and salt, a lump of the latter
being in her feed box.
One thing Lucy missed and that
was the fun of running in the big
pasture with the cows and older
heifers. But then too, she and the
younger stuff didn't fret and lose
flesh in fighting flies that seemed
to bury themselves in the flesh of
the cattle that were out. Practi-
cally all her life was spent in the
calf pen, generally with some other
calves or heifers.
Morning Diet
While Lucy was growing fat and
plump her mother was giving morn
ing and night nice mess of milk
that contained butterfat that when
separated out and sold did its share
in paying part of the running ex-
penses of the farm. While just a
high grade milking Shorthorn her
record sheet at the end of her lac
tation period looked mighty good.
1t reads 8446 pounds of skim milk
and 321 pounds of butterfat during
the year.
No exact record was kept of the
feed consumed by Lady or her calf,
Lucy's feed was, however, practical
ly all farm grown. The roughage
was good quality of midland hay
for which there was no market that
would warrant baling and shipping,
some alfalfa, and limited amount
of potatoes for which there was no
cash market.
The grain ration consisted of
mixture of corn and cob meal, oats,
and some speltz. Toward the last
the heifer received in addition
little oil meal. The total would not
amount to more than 25 pounds.