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. 
Total (10). 
Average. 
3527 
353 
7646 
765 
412 
9930 
993 
228 
(3) 
3125 
1042 
3320 
1107 
65 
423# 
141# 
303 
A\erage Gain. 
VI — 1906 . 
6857 
686 
9595 
960 
274 
(6) 
5790 
965 
6360 
1060 
95 
8390 
1398 
338 
Total (10). 
Average.. 
A\rrace Oain. ..... 
VI 1907 . 
9265 
927 
11360 
1136 
209 
Total (10). 
A vpratrp.. 
U 1905. 
1870 
374 
3999 
800 
446 
5155 
1031 
231 
(1) 
1210 
1240 
30 
1240 
• 
Totsil (5) ••••••** 
A \ erairp . 
IT 1906. 
2968 
594 
4218 
844 
250 
(5) 
4625 
925 
5090 
1018 
93 
7165 
1433 
415 
Total (5). 
Ave r?gp t . 
Averaire Cin.in. 
U 1907. 
4400 
880 
5830 
1166 
286 
Total (5). 
Average. 
Average Gain.. 
1—L 1905. 
2690 
538 
4398 
880 
342 
5427 
1085 
205 
(2) 
2165 
1083 
2310 
1155 
72 
2740 
1370 
215 
Tot^l (S).. 
A verape . .. 
Average Gain ........... 
1—L 1906. 
3464 
693 
4455 
891 
198 
(3) 
2905 
968 
3200 
1067 
99 
4150 
1383 
316 
T otal 15)... 
Average. 
Average Gain. 
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 results 
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. 
