Download or read book The Farm Beef Herd Classic Reprint written by Andrew C. Hammond and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Farm Beef Herd Historically, the beef industry has been highly cyclical, with liqui dation and building up of animal numbers occurring approximately every 10 years. One of the most se vere reductions in beef cow num bers occurred between 1975 and 1979, when numbers decreased 19 percent following a period of short falls in grain production and large grain exports. (see fig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Beef Cattle written by Ann Larkin Hansen and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hobby Farms Beef Cattle: Keeping a Small-Scale Herd for Pleasure and Profit, written by Ann Larkin Hansen, serves as an excellent introduction to raising cows for food or simply to graze while mowing and fertilizing the pasture. This colorful guide offers experienced hobby farmers and beginners all of the essential information necessary to purchase and maintain a small herd of beef cattle. While managing her own hobby farm in Wisconsin, Hansen shares her expertise in all things farm and has authored numerous books such as Making Hay, The Organic Farming Manual, and Finding Good Farmland. In this comprehensive book, Hansen corrals the hobby farmer into the world of cowboys and cowgirls: she begins, “Beef cattle are as much at home on the hobby farm as they are on the range.” This colorful primer begins with the basics, from biological traits and breeds to behavior and life cycle, and describes exactly what’s required for a hobby farmer to maintain a herd of cattle—the four F’s—fencing, feed, fields, and facilities. Given the expense involved in the purchase and maintenance of beef cattle, all hobby farmers will welcome Hansen’s sound and sensible advice on buying the right cattle, whether steer calves for meat or breeding stock for building up a herd. The buying chapter helps farmers focus on what to look for when selecting cattle; how cows, heifers, and bulls are priced; where to purchase; and how to get cattle to your farm. The feeding and nutrition of cattle is a complicated topic, and Hansen breaks it down into the three basic components that every keeper needs to understand: pasture, hay, and grain. With directness and clarity, she explains the ins and outs of grazing, selecting ideal foodstuffs, using salt and minerals, and maintaining good weight on the herd. The reader can rely on her expert advice to learn the fundamentals of handling cattle, including herding, loading, and transporting cattle, as well as keeping beef cattle healthy through preventive methods, vaccinations, parasite control and veterinary assistance. For hobby farmers planning to breed their livestock, Beef Cattle includes a chapter on pairing cows and heifers, the actual breeding, artificial insemination, the care of pregnant cows, calving, caring for the young, and weaning calves. The final chapter of the book “Marketing and Processing Your Cattle” is geared toward hobby farmers looking to get beef processed, grade meat, and sell the final product. Sidebars of fun trivia, stories from farmers, and useful advice appear throughout the handbook. A glossary of over 100 terms; an appendix of health issues; a resource section of useful websites, books, and periodicals; and a detailed index complete the book.
Download or read book Beef Production Classic Reprint written by Herbert Windsor Mumford and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Beef Production The magnitude and importance of the production of beef as a factor in American agriculture are not generally appreciated. The presentation of a book devoted solely to a discussion of the problems of the beef producer is an attempt to give adequate recognition to the industry. In "Beef Production" the attempt is made to present in the most direct manner certain facts of great economic importance to American beef producers. Much of the information given is based upon extensive feeding experiments conducted by the author at the Illinois Experiment Station. The arrangement of matter is designed to suit the demands both of the actual cattle feeder and of the student; to serve both as a ready reference guide - a text adapted to the progressive pedagogic presentation of the subject in the class-room and a treatise conveniently arranged in logical order for the general reader interested in the subject. The writer fully appreciates that the work is not as complete and comprehensive as it might be made; it is presented, however, with the thought that it will contribute to the literature, especially on the economic side, of beef production. It is hoped that it will serve to make beef production more profitable. The writer wishes to gratefully acknowledge the valuable suggestions and assistance given in the preparation of this book by his associate, Mr. L. D. Hall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Beef Cattle written by U. S. Farm Credit Administration and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Beef Cattle: Probable Production and Demand Fundamentally, the possible methods by which beef may be pr cattle units may be briefly summarized and contrasted as fo (a) feeding an ample ration of grain and concentrated feeds izing grass and rough feeds alone or in varying combination ted quantities of grain and concentrated feeds, To apply t method to cattle of most ages and conditions as found on fa may require from 3 to 9 months. The second method, applied cattle on farms and ranches, may require, if started in the 6 months to is months or even longer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Farm Beef Herd written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Holstein Cattle written by Smiths Smiths and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Holstein Cattle: Smiths Powell, Lakeside Stock Farm, Syracuse, N. Y To parties interested in holstein cattle, we would urge the careful perusal of the announcement and introduction of this catalogue, as the facts herein stated have been carefully prepared in order to more clearly set forth the merits of this famous breed of cattle and particularly of animals of our own importing and breeding. Lakeside stock farm is situated on the western shore of onondaga lake, extending to the line of the new york central and hudson river railroad, and the new york, west shore and buffalo railroad, and is divided by the oswego division of the delaware, lackawanna and western railroad, "lakeside" being a flag station on this road, about two and one-half miles from our office, 199 west genesee street, in the city of syracuse. Specialties. We make a specialty of holstein cattle, hambletonian horses, clydesdale horses and nursery stock. Holstein cattle. Our herd now numbers over 600 head (168 head being in quarantine and not catalogued) which is, we believe, by far the largest holstein herd in the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Story of Meat Classic Reprint written by Robert Byron Hinman and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-11 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meat Situation in the United States Vol 3 written by Morton O. Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Meat Situation in the United States, Vol. 3: Methods and Cost of Growing Beef Cattle in the Corn Belt States Beef. - Far1ns where all the cows are kept strictly for beef (not including farms producing baby beef). On a number of these farms enough milk was taken from two or three of the best milkers to supply the family with milk and butter. In such instances the milk and butter credits have been ignored, it being found that the value of the extra labor in milking and caring for the calf, and of the extra grain given, usually offsets the value of these milk products. Baby beef. - Farms on which the breeding herds are maintained for the production of high-grade calves which are fattened on the same farm and sold at from 12 to 18 months of age as baby beef. Dual purpose. - Farms on which all of the cows are milked, and either cream or butter sold, the calves being weaned at birth and raised on skim milk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Farm Beef Herd written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Farm Beef Herd written by Everett James Warwick and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progressive Beef Cattle Raising Classic Reprint written by Edward N. Wentworth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Progressive Beef Cattle Raising The growing tendency among cattle feeders is to regard quality and finish in cattle as superfluous, due to the narrowing margin in price between the poorest kinds of cattle that reach the market and those of best grade. The majority of feeders can remember when such animals as canner cows had no value with the packer or retail butcher, and the increasing uses which have been found for them, sufficient to give quotable prices from day to day, have been interpreted by these feeders to mean that quality no longer has the value it once enjoyed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Quality cattle will always be properly appraised, because they produce the class of meat that is easiest to sell, requiring a minimum of effort on the part of the ultimate salesman. From year to year the standards as to market types and classes are changing, based on the changing demands of the consumer. The cattle feeder usually learns of these changes when he sells, and occasionally feels that the market asks for any kind of cattle other than what he brings. The chief difficulty in meeting exactly the market demands, lies in the fact that the standards of cattle of one or two decades ago still persist in the minds of many feeders and are perpetuated by the types of steers recognized by the majority of judges in the tat stock shows. Whether or not the feeder intends to do so, he carries in his mind the standard of perfection established by the heavy, richly finished bullocks popular twenty years ago, and he interprets the trimmer killing characteristics which modern cattle show, coupled with lesser size, as distinct steps backward. The chief factor in bringing about the change in type has been the change in retail demand. The public, while more fastidious as to the cuts of beef it consumes, does not eat as much meat as it did formerly, and will not tolerate the waste in cuts that the rich steaks and roasts of a half century ago possessed. The modifications in market standards are based on these two simple facts, and the trade must educate itself to the idea. The retailer has been most sensitive to this change in demand, but the reaction on the packer has been so direct that he has been forced to translate immediately the desires of the consumer into a type of cattle suitable for the production of the best selling cuts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Farmer s Cyclopedia of Live Stock written by Earley Vernon Wilcox and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beef Cattle Publications and Visual Materials written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Beef Cattle Publications and Visual Materials: 1980 Listing This reference is intended for use by colleges, universities, researchers, Extension personnel, 4-h adult leaders, and others who are interested in educational materials on beef cattle. It will be updated biennially. If you have additional listings, please send them to us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book U S Beef Industry written by Kenneth H. Mathews Jr. and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-28 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from U. S. Beef Industry: Cattle Cycles, Price Spreads, and Packer Concentration This report presents results of a set of related analyses designed to bring perspective to the allegations and the debate surrounding cattle cycles, price spreads, market concentration, and the interactions of the three. One objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that conditions at the turning point in this cattle cycle of the l99o's were no more severe than those of past cattle cycles in terms of inventory, price, price spread, or net income effects. Results from tests of this hypothesis indicate that the cycle of the 1970's was actually much worse than this cycle of the 1990's, with average estimated losses almost twice as much per cow at the low point in the 1970's as in 1996 for cow/calf producers. Further, while overall price spreads for Choice, yield grade 3 steers are growing wider over time, the farm-to-wholesale portion is only slightly wider than its narrowest levels since at least the l97o's in nominal dollars. In real dollars, the spread is at its narrowest levels since before the l97o's. We found no evidence to support the assertion that increasing slaughter concentration results in lower farm prices. The wholesale-to-retail portion of the price spread is growing because of packing-industry costs of added packing services and new products. We begin this report with a background section where we describe and characterize cattle cycles and price spreads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Wartime Beef Production written by Fred Clow Francis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Wartime Beef Production: What Grade of Feeders? What Finish? A special need has been expressed for milk, eggs, and pork, but the country cannot afford to discontinue the production of beef merely because it can be demonstrated that dairy cattle, swine, and poultry produce more human food per unit of feed consumed than beef cattle do, or that an acre of cultivated soil planted to grains or soybeans pro duces more human food than can a similar area devoted to any kind of livestock production. The fallacy of such arguments is found in the millions of acres of American soil which, because of topography, climate, or location, cannot be utilized by other animals and which cannot be forced to produce food grains or soybeans. They do, how ever, provide feed for the growth of millions of pounds of meat which needs only a short finish on concentrates to become beef. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Dairy Farm written by Archibald Leitch and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dairy Farm: Dairy Cattle Methods, and Dairy Farm Management With this great advantage in economy of pro duction, it is quite easy to discern why the dairy cow tends to supplant the meat-bearing animals in regions where land is high priced and popula tion dense. She gives the greatest financial re turns from the feeds grown on the farm, and there fore enables the owner to get the necessary added returns from his high-priced land. Still easier is it to see why the dairy cow has supplanted the meat-bearing animals where land has become im poverished. Here she enables the farmer to get the greatest financial returns from what little his land does produce and at the same time returns to the soil practically all the plant food taken out by the feed she eats. One of the favorable economic features of the dairy business is the regularity and dependability of the returns. This appeals particularlv to the small farmer of limited means to whom security of returns is of more moment than the volume of profits. Moreover a development of dairying on a small farm afl'ords an opportunity of increasing the volume of business on a limited area. With the well recognized business results of larger profit; from larger business on the same plant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Manual on Cattle written by Georgia. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
