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The Effect of Early Breeding upon Range Cows

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

A big problem of the cattlemen of the range and semi-range sections of the United States is to maintain sufficient size and substance in the cattle they produce. Feed shortage during the winter months and insufficient grass during the summer due to frequent drouths are usually given as the explanation for the tendency of these cattle to become smaller. However, a survey of the usual range methods of production indicates that there are influences other than feed shortage responsible in a large measure for this condition.

This survey prompted the Kansas Experiment Station to begin a test in 1915 for the purpose of determining if possible economical methods of feeding and breeding that would enable the range man to maintain more size and substance in their cattle. Eighty well-bred high grade uniform Hereford heifer calves were selected for this purpose. One-half of these heifers were fed a liberal grain ration and roughage during the winter months of 1915-16-17.