HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by King, F. G. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by King, F. G.

Increased use of roughage and pasture in production of beef cattle

Indiana

Abstract

Increased use of roughage and pasture in the production of beef cattle means one of four things: (a) increased number of cattle, (b) selling cattle at a heavier weight, (c) selling cattle at a lower degree of finish, and (d) development of new or, at present, little used, systems of cattle production. The first three merely mean doing more of what we are already doing, so far as the consuming public will profitably support. The fourth means finding of something new or developing little used practices in the cattle business that will most nearly adapt the country at large to a demand that grain crops shall be limited to the capacity of the country to absorb the production.

INCREASE IN CATTLE NUMBERS

As the quantity of grass and roughage increases the numbers of cattle produced will also increase. The attempt to balance livestock production against the feed supply and consumer's demands results in what is known as "the cattle cycle."