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duction, especially on the large farms. During the past few years, 

 there has been several large beef cattle holdings in the Upper Penin- 

 sula. Their stock has made good gains during the summer months. 

 It is very necessary to provide winter feed and sheds. The failure to 

 do this has caused heavy losses to many of the cattle men. Until this 

 section becomes much more developed agriculturally, the production of 

 feeders will be the main project. The feeds for finishing the cattle, how- 

 ever, can be produced as economically in this region as in any other 

 part of the State, after sufficient areas have been put undr cultivation. 



Fig. 30. A carload of feeder steers that gained 214 pounds in 107 days on pasture at the 

 Upper Peninsula Experiment Station at Chatham. 



The following figures are given as evidence of what can be done 

 under general conditions : 



On June 17, 1918, twenty-six steers weighing an average of 694 

 pounds, on arrival from Chicago, were turned on cut-over pasture at the 

 Upper Peninsula Experiment Station. The following October they aver- 

 aged 908 pounds, giving an average gain of 214 pounds per head, in 107 

 days. 



John Brown at Kenton, purchased 35 yearling steers January 10th 

 at Chicago. These steers were fed clover hay until spring, pastured in 

 slashings until August 1st, then on second growth clover the balance 

 of the season. 



Average weight when purchased January 10, 700 lbs. in Chicago. 



Average weight when sold December 10, 993 lbs. in Kenton. 



Average gain for 11 months, 293 lbs. 



Average gain per day, 7/8 lb. 



The following table gives the results of breeding operations with high 

 grade Herefords by Geo. M. Mashek, at Northland, in Marquette county. 

 These cattle were carried through the winter in a rough shed and received 

 no grain. 



