CARRYING RANGE STEERS THROUGH THE WINTER 



WEIGHTS AND GAINS OF STEERS OF THE DIFFERENT BRANDS 

 All Steers are of the Same Age, Calved 1905. See Note 



NOTK For convenience the steers are designated by the year during which they 

 were brought from the range. For example U 1906 means the U steers brought to the 

 College from the range in the fall of 1906, the steers then being yearlings. 



*June 7th was the date upon which the steers kept over were put out to pasture. 



xThe figures in brackets in this column are the number of head of steers not sold and 

 put out on pasture June 7th. 



Thus any way one wishes to look at the problem, the feeding of 

 calves does not appear profitable if they are to be held over for 

 finishing as two-year-olds. The amount of feed used is not con- 

 sidered in the discussion above, because the interpretation of results 

 could in no way be affected by the cost of the feed, save for the gen- 

 eral statement that the greater the cost of feed for calves, the greater 

 would be the loss to the feeder. 



