Beef Production For 4-H'ers, Circular 417

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1969-06

Decade

1960s

Author

Ljungdahl, William A.

Subject (LCSH)

Beef

4-H clubs--New Mexico

Agricultural extension work--New Mexico

Subject (NALT)

beef

4-H projects

extension programs

New Mexico

Table of contents

About the beef projects

Should you enroll in a beef project?

Which project, feeding or breeding?

Pick a winner

For the feeding project

For the breeding project

After you select your project animal

If you choose a steer

If you choose breeding stock

Branding

Facts about feeds

Feedstuffs

Concentrates most commonly used

Roughages most commonly used

Minerals

Feeding the calf

How much to feed

Weight watching

Pan and pail

Selecting and managing the breeding herd

Animal health: diseases-parasites

Skills you will need

Making a halter

Grooming

Foot trimming

Washing your calf

Curling

Bedding

Fans and coolers

Clipping the calf

Oiling the haircoat

Training the calf to show

The show ring

Beef breed association

Extent

28 pages

Notes

Circular containing general information on raising beef cattle as part of a 4-H program, and the skills needed by program participants

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000417.pdf