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Vhe adjustment that the farmers have made to meet the 

 coi ditions is shown in Table 23. On April 1, 1910, Nebraska 

 am Iowa had more than one-fourth as many yearling steers 

 an< bulls (3 months to 15 months) as they had cows and 

 hei 'ers (15 months old or older). Practically all the calves 

 bom in these states are raised. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio 

 ha< less than one-sixth as many yearling steers or bulls as 



TABLE 23. STEERS ON FARMS ON APRIL 1, 1910 



cows, and New York and Massachusetts had only one steer 

 or bull for 15 to 16 cows. In these two states practically 

 no steers are kept. The number reported represents practi- 

 cally the number of bulls. Instead of raising steers, these 

 two Eastern States sell practically all their bull calves as 

 veal. Near the cities, both the heifer and bull calves are 

 often killed at birth, as feed is too expensive to make it pay 

 to keep them even up to the legal age for veal. The East 

 Central States sell many of their calves for veal, but raise 

 some steers. The West Central States raise nearly all their 



1 Number of steers and bulls for each 100 cows and heifers born before 

 Jan. 1, 1909. Since many heifers too young to have calves are included 

 with cows, the figures are all low in terms of milch cows. 



