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Breeding yearling heifers: Field studies indicate weight more important than age
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California Agriculture 2(11):5-6.
Published November 01, 1948
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Abstract
Breeding beef heifers so they will calve at two years of age rather than at three years is one method of increasing meat supplies and improving production efficiency without enlarging numbers of breeding animals.