CARRYING RANGE STEERS THROUGH THE WINTER 7 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS OF STEERS OF THE DIFFERENT BRANDS 
All Steers are of the Same Age, Calved 1905 . See Note 
Fall 
1905 
Year 
1905-06 
Winter 
1906-07 to 
April-2nd 
Summer 1907 
Winter 
1907-08 
June 7thx 
Oct. 26th* 
VI— 1905. 
(3) 
Total (10). 
3527 
7646 
9930 
3125 
3320 
4230 
Average. 
353 
765 
993 
1042 
1107 
1410 
A\erage Gain. 
412 
228 
65 
303 
VI 1906. 
(6) 
Total (10). 
6857 
9595 
5790 
6360 
8390 
Average. 
960 
965 
1060 
1398 
A\erage Gain. 
686 
274 
95 
338 
VI 1907. 
• 
Total (10).... 
9265 
11360 
927 
1 1 
Average Gain. 
LLO\J 
209 
U 1905. 
(1) 
'X'otcil ( 5 ) ••••• •••••••• 
1870 
3999 
5155 
1210 
1240 
1240 
A'verage . 
374 
800 
1031 
Average Gain . 
446 
231 
30 
0 
U— 1906..* . 
(5) 
Total (S) . 
2968 
4218 
4625 
5090 
7165 
Average . 
594 
844 
925 
1018 
1433 
Average Gain . 
250 
93 
415 
U 1907. 
Total (5). 
4400 
5830 
Average. 
880 
1166 
Average Gain. 
286 
l—L 1905. 
(2) 
Total (5). 
2690 
4398 
5427 
2165 
2310 
2740 
Average. 
538 
880 
1085 
1083 
1155 
1370 
Average Gain. 
342 
205 
72 
215 
1—L 1906. 
Total (5). 
3464 
4455 
2905 
3200 
4150 
Average. 
693 
891 
968 
1067 
1383 
Average Gain. 
198 
99 
316 
NOTE—For convenience the steers are designated by the year during which they 
were brought from the range. For example U—1906 means the U—steers brought to the 
College from the range in the fall of 1906, the steers then being yearlings. 
*June 7th was the date upon which the steers kept over were put out to pasture. 
xThe figures in brackets in this column are the number of head of steers not sold and 
put out on pasture June 7th. 
Thus any way one wishes to look at the problem, the feeding of 
calves does not appear profitable if they are to be held over for 
finishing as two-year-olds. The amount of feed used is not con¬ 
sidered in the discussion above, because the interpretation of result* 
could in no way be affected by the cost of the feed, save for the gen¬ 
eral statement that the greater the cost of feed for calves, the greater 
would be the loss to the feeder. 
