CONTENTS 

 PART I 



GENERAL CONDITIONS 



PAGES 



Chapter I. The West 3-27 



Topography — Climate — Grazing areas — 

 Reserved lands — Deeded lands — Unappropri- 

 ated lands — Winter and summer ranges — 

 Range grasses — Carrying capacity — Home- 

 steaders — Range improvement — Legal diffi- 

 culties — Cultivated areas — Distribution of live- 

 stock — Live-stock markets. 



Chapter II. General Principles of Live-stock 



Production 28-34 



Breeding — Nutrition — Different stock com- 

 pared. 



PART II 



BEEF CATTLE 



Chapter III. Beep Producers of the West . 37-52 

 Beef sections of the West — Range cattle — 

 Farmer breeders — Feeders. 



Chapter IV. The Breeding Herd . . . 53-67 

 BuUs — Cows and calves — Weaning — Cas- 

 tration — Wintering. 



Chapter V. Fattening Steers .... 68-92 

 Fattening on corn — Fattening on hay alone — 

 Buying steers — Method of feeding — Amounts 

 of feed — Length of feeding period — Marketing 

 — Comparison of feeds — When to feed cattle, 

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