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Range Livestock Projects

Colorado Agricultural College

Abstract

For extension work the 11 western States have been grouped together. This has been done because these states have many interests in common. For example, one interest common to all of the West is the range livestock industry. This industry always has been, and perhaps for many years will continue to be, a leading source of agricultural income to the West. True, other phases of agriculture have contributed greatly to the wealth of every western state. However, in many parts of the mountainous and more arid districts grass and hay are by far the most important crops produced. Of course, these are best utilized by range cattle and sheep.

There are some who consider that the range livestock industry belongs to the past, the day of the frontier. True, great herds no longer roam over millions of acres of uncontracted land, but the production of well bred cattle and sheep on a large scale is today the major enterprise of many ranchmen in every western state.