COST OF PRODUCING BEEF IN KANSAS 7 
weather during late July and early August of the summer of 1923 
started cattle to market earlier that year with the heavy shipments 
coming in August and September. The movement of all cattle in 
and out of the Kansas grass area during 1922 is shown in Figure 4. 
During this year the share of all Kansas City cattle coming from the 
the State of Kansas follows almost identically the movement of cattle 
from the Flint Hills. By comparing the movement of cattle out of 
Weekly movement of Cattle under Study 
on and off the kansas pastures 
On Pastures, April and May 
Off Pastures, June- Dec. 
Hundreds 
OF HEAD 
35 
30 
2 5 
20 
I 5 
10 
± 
JAN. FEB. MAR. [ APR. MAY jJUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. 
i— On Paste/res — H 
Fig. 5. — The movement onto the pastures is confined to about three weeks in April and May, but the 
movement ofi these pastures is spread over several months 
the Flint Hills as shown in Figure 4 with the number of Kansas City 
cattle coming from the State of Kansas shown in Figure 3 the striking 
similarity of these two movements is apparent. 
WEATHER AND PASTURE CONDITIONS DURING PERIOD OF STUDY 
Physical conditions during these three years were typical of usual 
conditions in the cattle country of Kansas. While there was no 
year in which drought resulted in early drying up of the pastures, 
there was no exceptionally good year for the grass with frequent 
rains throughout the spring and summer months and green grass 
