ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT. 



Daniel T. Gray. 



Dr. C. r. Thach. 



President Alahdnia Polytechnic Institute, Auhurn, Ala. 



Sir: — One bulletin has been issued from the Animal In- 

 dustry Department the past year. This is bulletin No. 148, 

 and deals with the subjects of spring lamb production and 

 feeding cotton seed meal to pregnant ewes. 



In the main, the experimental work continues as was re- 

 ported in the last annual report. The present work of the 

 Department may be summarized as follows: 



With Swine. 



1. To study the results of finishing swine by dry lot 

 method as com]»ared to the method of using green pasture 

 crops. 



2. To study the subject of hardening flesh and lard 

 after they haye been rendered soft as a result of the animals 

 haying grazed green crops. 



3. To note further the toxic effect of feeding cotton seed 

 meal to hogs. 



4. To study the effects of some of the Southern swine 

 feeds upon the frame work of the body. 



5. To determine the most profitable amount of grain 

 to feed along with such green pasture crops as soybeans and 

 peanuts. 



With Beef Cattle. 



The co-operatiye beef work with the Animal Husbandry 

 Department at Washington is going forward in an exceed- 

 ingly satisfactory manner. The Ayork has been enlarged 

 to include the subject of finishing beef cattle in the winter 

 time. The main questions inyolyed now are: 



1. To study methods of carrying mature beef animals 

 through the winter months, when the object is to fatten 

 them on pasture the following summer. 



