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Economical Rations in Beef Production. 



Nothing definite, however, will be known until after several 

 tests are made in which different quantities of grain are fed. 



THE 1906-07 EXPERIMENTS. 



The sixty steers used in last winter's experiments were 

 purchased in October, 1906, from Mr. James Cook of Agate, 

 Sioux County, Nebr. They were high grade Angus two-year- 

 olds selected from a herd numbering about two hundred, all 

 reared under range conditions, having had, previous to their 

 purchase, nothing but grass supplemented with native hay 

 during the winter months. They were in what would be con- 



Fig 4. Angus steers as they appeared on the range when purchased. 

 Photo by Morrill Geological Expedition. 



sidered good grass flesh when purchased, and no doubt would 

 have sdld at top values for feeder steers had they been sent 

 to market. These steers cost $4.00 per hundred at the ranch 

 and were weighed after having been yarded twenty-four hours 

 without feed and water. The steers were shipped during the 

 time of the severe October snowstorm and the shrinkage was 

 very heavy. This shrinkage with the freight across the State 



