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preferred autumn, and 21-3 per cent expressed no preference, 

 saying that they fed all the year round. 



Thus, practically 90 per cent of the feeders interviewed ex- 

 pressed a preference for some season other than winter, which, 

 broadly speaking, means summer feeding. 



It is of interest to note further that as a rule the 7i men 

 who expressed a preference for winter are small feeders who 

 have fed but a short time and are perhaps from experience 

 acquainted only with this method of making cattle. 



Question 5. "Have you found winter feeding profitable, 

 and do you continue to practice it," has already been covered 

 under Question 4, except in one detail, and the answers will be 

 interesting considered in this connection. Altogether 813 feed- 

 ers replied, with results shown in the following summary: 



IF BEEF CATTLE ABE TO BE RAISED ON THE HIGH PRICED LAND OF MISSOUBI 

 IN THE FUTURE, THEY MUST BE OF THIS CLASS TO BE PROFITABLE. 



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