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seed meal and hulls. No effort was made to fatten these 

 young cattle during the winter; the object was to make 

 only small gains and keep them in thriving condition. 

 The fattening was to occur the subsequent summer, 

 when they were on the pasture. 



The steers of Lots X and Y were turned out as one lot 

 on the range. Being of poor quality, it was not thought 

 that it would be profitable to give them high-priced feeds 

 during the winter months when they were to be fattened 

 on pasture the following summer. As stated before, the 

 range consisted of cut-over pine lands; they had the 

 freedom of probably 20000 acres. 



The authors realize that this latter method of handling 

 and feeding cattle during the winter is one that will 

 soon go out of vogue on account of the fact that these 

 large ranges will eventually be settled and fenced, but at 

 the present time and under present conditions many 

 farmers are so situated that they can profitably make 

 use of these large tracts. These cattle received no at- 

 tention at all throughout the winter months. In fact, 

 only a few of them were seen during the whole winter. 

 The following spring, April 21, they were brought up, 

 weighed again, and turned onto the summer pasture for 

 the summer fattening work. They were now divided 

 in two lots and fed upon different feeds. The steers of 

 Lots X were grazed upon a pasture and received a small 

 feed of cottonseed cake in addition to the pasture. The 

 steers of Lot Y were in a similar pasture and received 

 nothing in addition. 



No shelter except the trees was provided for the cattle 

 in either the winter or summer time. They did not seem 

 to suffer from cold in the winter or from the heat in the 

 summer. The summer pastures were abundantly pro- 

 vided with good shade trees and water. 



While there w^ere cattle ticks in the pasture, yet the 

 cattle were not permitted to become badly infested. A 

 dipping vat was used to keep down heavy infestation. 

 No cases of Texas fever developed. 



The weight of each steer was secured at the beginning 



