REPORT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDMAN 



Geo. S. Templetox 



Aiibuin. Ala., Jan. 14, 11)19. 

 Prof. J. V. Duggar, Director, 



Alabama Experiment Station, 

 Auburn, Ala. 

 Sir: 



I respectfully submit the following report of the experi- 

 mental work conducted by the Animal Husbandry Department 

 during the past fiscal year. The experiments conducted at 

 Auburn were supported by the Hatch and Adams funds appro- 

 priated by Congress. The experiments conducted in Marengo, 

 Mobile and Bullock counties were supported by the State 

 appropriation provided by the Local Experiment \.a\v. 



A study of the influence of some southern feeds upon the 

 properties (melting point, keeping c[ualities, iodine value, and 

 color) of lards was conducted in co-operation with the Depart- 

 ment of Chemistry. Six lots of hogs, eight hogs to the lot, were 

 fed the following ration : 



Lot 1 — Corn, 8 parts, tankage, 1 part. 



Lot 2 — Corn, 1 part, peanut meal, 1 pari. 



Lot 3 — Corn, 2 parts, peanut meal, 1 part. 



Lot 4 — Corn, 3 parts, peanut meal, 1 part. 



Lot 5 — Corn, 4 parts, velvet bean and pod meal, 4 parts, 

 tankage, 1 part. 



Lot () — {]orn, 1 Mj parts, velvet bean and pod meal, 1 Vj 

 parts, peanut meal, 1 part. 

 The ration for Lot 5 proved to be unpalatable, and after it 

 was continued nineteen days it was thought impracticable to 

 continue the ration so the feed for this lot was changed to 

 corn, 8 pai'ts, and peanut meal, 1 part. The six lots were 

 fed for a period of 104 days, when they were suflficiently 

 finished for marketing. The hogs were marketed at the Bir- 

 mingham Packing Company in Birmingham, Alabama. Cold 

 storage notes were made on the carcasses, and samples of 

 kidney fat from each individual in all the lots were given 

 to the Chemistry Department for laboratory work. The Chem- 



