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How THE WORK WAS CARRIED ON. 



Owing to the fact that pasture was not available upon 

 the Experiment Station at Auburn, Alabama, the work was 

 carried on upon the farms of Cobb and McMillian of Sum- 

 terville, Alabama, who kindly agreed to co-operate with the 

 Alabama Experiment Station and Bureau of Animal Indus- 

 try. The winter range and summer pastures were divided 

 into lots suitable for the work. One of the authors of this 

 bulletin, Mr. W. F. Ward, was stationed upon the farm 

 and had personal supervision of all the experimental work. 



At the end of each experiment the cattle were all shipped 

 "to the New Orleans market, where complete sale and slaugh- 

 ter records were secured. 



LOT 1. End of winter 1908. Feed, range alone. Total winter 

 gain of each steer, 97 pounds. Total cost to winter each 

 steer, (?). 



THE WINTER RANGE. 



The winter range consisted of the winter corn and cotton 

 fields. The leaves had not been stripped from the corn 

 stalks. Crab grass had grown up sufficiently between the 

 rows of corn after the last cultivation, to be of some value 

 to the cattle during the early weeks of the winter. No cane 

 brakes were used. The cattle, except those in the range 

 lots, were not given unlimited range; each lot was confined 

 to a certain area. Of course, the man who has cane brakes 



