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it'i'inine the value, to each succeeding crop, of growing 

 j»eas in the corn, gathering the corn and then grazing 

 botli the peas and the stallvs by the steers. The steers 

 were fed some cottonseed in addition to tlie grazing. As 

 the result of this crop of peas and the grazing, the suc- 

 ceeding cotton crop was increased 626.5 pounds of seed 

 cotton over the area where corn alone had been grown, 

 A third lot ^^•as planted to corn and the increase in corn, 

 due to the ]iea crop and Ihc grazing, was 14 bushels per 



acre."* 



FINANCIAL STATMMKNT. 



'It should be remembered tbat the financial statements 

 in this bullf'tin are based on the local conditions where 

 the feeding was carried on. Should the conditions else- 

 where be different, the financial results will also differ. 

 The price of the cattle when put into the feed-lot is one 

 very variable factor. The feeders in this particular experi- 

 ment cost 3^/4 cents a pound. In another part of the 

 State they might have cost more, and in still a third part 

 ihey might have cost considerably less than they did in 

 Sumter County. The financial statement will not be 

 misleading if the reader bears in mind that it does not 

 apply to all conditions. 



The cattle, as previously noted, were bought in Sum- 

 ter and neighboring counties for 3^/4 cents a pound dur- 

 ing the fall of 100!). They were fed on cottonseed meal 

 and cottonseed hulls for 24 days before the test began. 

 The test continued for 84 days, when the cattle were 

 ready for sale, and were shipped to the Louisville, Ken- 

 tucky, market where all of the steers sold for .$5.75 per 

 hundredweight. It cost 65 cents per hundredweight to 

 ship them to the market, so they are estimated in the 

 financial statement at $5.10 per hundredweight. The- 

 $5.10 represents the price actually received on the farm, 



*See Alabama Experiment Station Bulletin 150 



