12 



The smaller proportion of milch cows in the more westerly 

 states, as previously shown, is here verified, and a correspond- 

 ingly larger proportion of other cows is noted. \, 



Relatively more steers are found in the western portion of 

 the corn belt, and the difference is more marked in the case of the 

 older than in that of the younger steers, thus showing the natural 

 tendency to keep cattle longer in those sections of the country 

 where pasture lands are both cheaper and more abundant. With 

 respect to the proportion of calves under one year, heifers under 

 two years, and bulls, the data show no striking differences; and 

 likewise, with regard to the proportion of bulls to cows and the 

 proportion of calves to cows, the various sections of the corn 

 belt appear comparatively similar. 



Table 4 gives available data from the Thirteenth Census. 

 While these data are not in all respects comparable with similar 

 data from the Twelfth Census, they show the same general ten- 

 dencies. 



TABLE 4. RELATIVE PROPORTIONS OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF CATTLE IN 

 THE CORN -BELT STATES IN 1910 1 



1 Calculated from Abstract of Thirteenth Census, 1910, pp. 316, 317. 



2 Includes unclassified animals. 



FATTENING STEERS IN THE CORN BELT 



Notwithstanding the rapid extension of the acreage devoted 

 to corn growing, and the great demand that has arisen for corn 

 for other than feeding purposes, the crop is still fed chiefly to 

 farm animals. As nearly as can be estimated, 80 percent of the 

 (;rrn produced in the United States is fed to live stock. 1 It is, of 



'111. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. No. 140, p. 9. 



