4 BULLETIN" 1454, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
all economies that could be made in production. By the summer of 
1922 the general depression in agriculture had begun to make itself 
felt in prices that had to be paid for things purchased by farmers. 
location and extent of pastures 
Used in the Cattle Study 
Chase County, Kansas 
Ra nge 6 Range! Range 8 Range 9 
BUTLER COUNTY 
Municipal Township Boundaries 
Railways 
eeeeeeeee® Santa Fe Trail 
> County Roads 
Fig. 2.— The black areas are the pastures covered in this study 
In that year the grass cost was lower, the labor charges less, and the 
initial cost of the steers nearer the prices at which these steers were 
finally sold. 
