CALF FEEDING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 



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Table 20. — Manure yields (Nov. 12, 1915, to Apr. 16, 1916, 156 days). 



Pounds. 

 Lot 1. Total yield 68, 235 



Average per calf 4, 549 



Average per calf daily 29. 16 



Lot 2. Total yield 60, 090 



Average per calf 4, 083 



Average per calf daily_, 26. 17 



Lot 3. Total yield 49, 830 



Average per calf 3, 322 



Average per calf daily 21. 29 



It is seen that for the 156-day period there were saved from each 

 calf in lot 1, 29.16 pounds of manure daily, while 26.17 pounds per 

 head were saved from lot 2, and 21.29 pounds daily from each calf 

 of lot 3. 



No definite reason can be given for the calves of lot 1 producing 

 more manure than those of the other lots. Can it be possible that 

 the high protein ration caused the calves to drink more water, thereby 

 causing more liquid manure to be voided ? The fact remains that the 

 average amount of manure produced per day by such calves was 

 about 27 pounds per head. 



SLAUGHTER DATA. 



In shipping to the St. Louis market the calves were in transit 

 26 hours. The average net shrinkage per head was 48, 29, and 36 

 pounds for lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively, amounting to 6.8, 4.2, and 

 5.0 per cent of their live weights. The average shrinkage on calves 

 of this weight in transit 26 hours usually ranges from 5 to 7^ per 

 cent of their live weight. It is seen that the shrinkage here was a 

 little less than average. The difference in shrinkage between the 

 calves of the three lots can not be accounted for, as they were handled 

 exactly alike. It is to be expected that the calves of lot 1 would 

 shrink somewhat more than the other calves because they were not 

 as fat and had been consuming a greater amount of roughage per 

 day, but the difference was quite large. 



Table 21. — Slaughter data. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Average 

 farm 

 weight 

 per calf 

 4-16-16. 



Average 

 market 

 weight 

 per calf 

 4-19-16. 



shrink- 

 age in 

 transit. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 shrink- 



weight 



of 

 carcass. 



Per- 

 centage 

 dressed 

 by farm 

 weights. 



Per- 

 centage 

 dressed 



by 

 market. 

 weights. 1 



[Cottonseed meal. 



Corn silage 



I Alfalfa hay 



[Cottonseed meal. 



I Shelled corn 



iCornsilage 



I Alfalfa hay 



[Shelled corn 



Corn silage 



I Alfalfa hay 



Pounds. 

 701 



695 

 714 



Pounds. 

 653 



678 



Pounds. 



Per cent. 

 6.8 



4.2 



Pounds. 

 363 



Per cent. 

 49.3 



Pounds. 

 54.4 



56.0 

 55.9 



1 Three calves, Nos. 22, 17, and 8, weighing 450, 500, and 480 pounds, respectively, were sold from lots 

 1, 2, and 3, as stoekers. Thus slaughter data were obtained on the lots from 14, 13, and 14, calves, re- 

 spectively. The farm weights of Nos. 22, 17, and 8 were 483, 520, and 515 pounds, respectively. 



