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sumed |G.57 worth of feed. The cattle, as a herd, came 

 through the winter in good condition. 



The winter of 190G-'7 was very mild and the cattle did 

 not eat as much feed per head as they ate the previous 

 winter. 



There were two very heavy frosts on the nights of Octo- 

 ber 13th and llth, however, which killed all the lespedeza, 

 so the cattle had to be fed some green sorghum from the 

 middle of October until the fields became available as win- 

 ter range. 



Each animal consumed, during the whole winter, 338 

 pounds of green sorghum, 185 pounds of cottonseed, and 

 610 pounds of hay. The cost of wintering each animal above 

 twelve months old was |3.37. 



From October 15th to December 1st, of the winter 1907- 

 '8, the cattle were fed hay and a small amount of cottonseed, 

 as there was no green sorghum to be used. During this 

 time they consumed 11 pounds of hay and 1.2 pounds of 

 cottonseed per head per day. From December 1st to ^;i'' 

 uary 1st they were in the fields and canebrake and did not 

 come up for feed. From January 1st to March 20th, lOOS. 

 the cattle came up to the barn each evening and were fed 

 hay, but no grain. 



For the whole winter each animal consumed 53 pounds of 

 cottonseed and 1,465 pounds of hay. The cost of wintering 

 the cattle was $4.77 per head. 



The average for the three winters shows that it cost -|4.90 

 to winter each animal over twelve months of age. 



Area op Pasture Required per Animal. 



A number of cattle, not in the experiment, were grazed 

 in the pasture with the experimental cattle. Assuming that 

 two calves would eat as much grass as an animal over 

 twelve months old (and this assumption is followed out 

 in rental charges), there would be the equivalent of 92 

 animals on 103 acres of land during the summer of 1906, 

 • or an average; of 1.12 acres of pasture to each animal. 



