AxniAi. I'noDrcnoN. ' 4B7 



of 4." Ills, per head on pHsturc. ami ytumu' lioifcrs wliirli Imd lircii wiiilcrcd nii 

 liay without frraiii i;aiiic(l, <>n .-m nvcrap", I'.M llis. mm pasture. 



For sevoral years wlicat has been iuducU'il in I he station's systoni of crop 

 rotation for prodm-ins,' liay. It is cut in tlic thuiuh stajro and cured, the huid 

 iieiiii,' then ph)\ved and planted to coi-u or to co\v]»eas. To determine the ett'ect 

 of frrazinjj, on the yield of wheat hay. S calves were pastured on a plat of ;?.Ta 

 acres for one month. They averajred :',r>() Ihs. in weifiht " and made fair gains 

 on the wheat with(mt other food." The j^razed wheat headed out and was 

 ready to harvest 10 days h\ter than a similar plat whicli liad not heen grazed, 

 the yield of hay from the two plats being respectively 1,-1() lbs. and 1.812 lbs. 

 per acr(\ 



Steer feeding, A. Smith {Missisftiitpi Sin. h'pt. }!)0.',. pj). IS, 19). — A test 

 was undertaken to compare stable feeding with feeding in an ojien yard and to 

 study the relative merits of a mixed ration of hay, corn meal, wheat bran, 

 cotton-seed meal and cotton-seed hulls with a ration of cotton-seed meal and 

 hulls alone. Seven steers fed the mixed ration in the stable for nO days made 

 an average daily gain of 2.00 lbs. at a cost of 8.5 cts. jier i)ound. Three steers 

 fed a ration of the same character under the same conditions made an average 

 (hiily gain of 1..S5 lbs. per head at a cost of 10.7 cts. per pound. 



A similar lot of .5 steers fed cotton-seed meal and hulls in the stable gained, 

 on an average, 1.0.3 lbs. per head per day, the cost of a pound of gain being G.l 

 cts. Five steers kept in an open lot but with access to shelter when fed the 

 mixed ration made an average daily gain of 2.8 lbs. per head per day at a eost 

 of 0.1 cts. while a similar lot fed meal and hulls in an open lot without shelter 

 gain(>d 1..^2 llts. per head per day at a cost of 8.2 cts. per pound. 



The calculated net prottt from the cattle iised in the above tests was .$70.87. 



" The results of the experimimts serve to show that good cattle can be fed at a 

 profit and that higher prices can be obtained for cotton-seed products, corn, and 

 hay by feeding the same to a good type of beef cattle than by selling in a cash 

 market and at the same time the fertilizer material ma.v be retained on the 

 farm to increase the productiveness of the soil." 



Sheep, E. R. Lloyd (Mississippi Sta. Rpt. 1905, p. l.'i). — As shown by the 

 recorded data for 4 years, the average cost of wintering sheep at the station 

 has been .$1.14 per head. The estimated profits from a flock of 22 sheep for 

 last year were .$42.86 and none of the breeding ewes were sold. " There is 

 I'eady sale for early lambs at good prices. Sheep could easily be made one of 

 the most profitable lines of live stock farming for the average farmer in this 

 State." 



Grazing hogs, E. I{. Lt.oyd ( M ississii>i)i Sf(i. Rjtf. 190'). jtp. I.i. /'/). — Cow- 

 jieas without grain have so far given better results, it is stated, than any of tlie 

 other croiis tested at the station. In lOO:'. the cowpeas were grown on thin hill 

 land and an acre produced '.i'tO lbs. of pork. In 1004 the crop was grown on good 

 v.illey land and produced 483 lbs. of pork per acre. The pigs were turned on the 

 I»asturage when the cowpeas wei"e ripe and were fed no grain in addition to 

 the pasturage. 



-Vlfalfa withoiit grain has been found "to be little more than a maintenance 

 ration for hogs." The pigs us(>d in the test, which covered 2 years, ranged from 

 .S to 24 months in age. 



Ensilage for horses; dipping for horses (Xatal Apr. Jour, and .!//». Rrc. 

 II {19011). So. ■'). jtp. '/.s'.)- J.s'N ». — Silage, jiresumably corn, has been found a sat- 

 isfactory feed for horses at the Mooi Hiver Remount Depot. The winter ration 

 consisted of 4 lbs. of silage chopped with 2 H)s. of alfalfa or other forage, an 

 ounce of salt, and :i few pounds of crushed corn. 



