ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT, 



D. T. Gray. 



Dr. C. C. Thach, 



President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 

 Auburn, Alabama. 

 Sir: 



Two bulletins have been issued from the Animal Indus- 

 try Department the past year. Bulletin 150 has to do with 

 the question of "Raising- Beef Cattle in Alabama." In 

 bulletin 151 is found a report of the progress of the co-opera- 

 tive beef feeding work in Sumter County. 



The work of the Department has been enlarged some 

 (luring the past year, but, in the main, the experimental 

 work continues as was reported in the last annual report. 

 The present work of the Department may be summarized 

 as follows: 



With Swine. 



- I. To study the results of finishing swine by dry lot 

 methods as compared to the method of using green pasture 

 crops. The last three years' work is now being prepared 

 for publication. 



2. To study the subject of hardening flesh and lard 

 after it has been rendered soft as a result of the animals' 

 having grazed green crops. 



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

 meal to hogs. 



4. To learn the eft'ect 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 with such green pastures as soy beans, peanuts and 

 rape. 



6. To study the question of home-curing of meats. A 

 new smoke house has been erected for the work. 



During the year an experimental hog farm has been es- 

 tablished in Sufln'ter County. This part of the hog work of 

 the Department is being done in co-operation with the 

 Burea of Animal Industry of Washington. At the present 

 time about 200 hogs are being used in the work. 



With Beef Cattle. 



The co-operative beef work with the Bureau of Animal 



