CONTENTS 
PART I 
GENERAL CONDITIONS 
Cuapter I. Tue West 
Topography — Climate — Grapins 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. 
Cuapter II. Grnerat PrincipLtes or Live-stock 
PRODUCTION . ‘ 
Breeding — Nutrition — Ditterent steele. com- 
pared. 
PART II 
BEEF CATTLE 
Cuapter III. Brrr Propucers ofr THE WEST 
Beef sections of the West — Range cattle — 
Farmer breeders — Feeders. 
Cuarter IV. Tuer Breepinc Herp 
Bulls — Cows and calves — Weaning — Ross 
tration — Wintering. 
Cuapter V. Farrentne STEERS z 
Fattening on corn — Fattening on hay stone — 
Buying steers — Method of feeding — Amounts 
of feed — Length of feeding period — Marketing 
— Comparison of feeds — When to feed cattle. 
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