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Outline of a study of the range cattle industry and its contribution to the settlement and progress of the rocky Mountain region, undertaken by the State Historical Society of Colorado, aided by a five-year grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
What is range? Range livestock in the nation. Division of the range region. Climate of the range region. Plant cover in relation to range livestock production. Other natural factors. General economic structure of the range region. Land ownership. Administration of federal range lands. Livestock numbers and production rates. Economic utilization of feed and forage. Range livestock fattening and marketing. General characteristics of ranches. Ranch organization and management principles. Cattle ranches. Sheep ranches. Ranch values and income. Grazing land values and grazing fees. Credit for the range livestock industry. Meat consumption. Geography of meat and animal prices.