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Am. Soc. Anim. Prod. 1934:78-81
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Utilizing Grass in Fattening Young Cattle for the Market

C. W. McCampbell

Kansas Experiment Station.

Abstract

This paper presents a brief resume of a study extending over a period of several years in which the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station has been and is attempting to develop satisfactory methods of utilizing grass in fattening young cattle for market.

Experience as well as experiments has shown that young cattle will not get fat enough for slaughter purposes on grass alone. This means that if one desires to utilize grass in making young cattle fat enough to sell satisfactorily to packers, grain must be fed somewhere along the line—before, during and/or after the grazing period.

A series of preliminary tests conducted at the Kansas Station from 1922 to 1925 indicated that wintering well, then grazing for 90 days after May 1, then full-feeding 100 days in a dry lot should prove to be a satisfactory way of utilizing grass in fattening young cattle for






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