CALF FEEDING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 

 SLAUGHTER DATA. 



45 



The calves were driven from the farm at Abbott to West Point, 

 Miss., and from there they were shipped to the St. Louis market. 

 They were in transit 25 hours, and shrank 41 and 47 pounds per head 

 for lots 1 and 2, respectively. 



Table 27. — Slaughter data {May 5, 1916, to January 5, 1917, 2.' t 6 days). 





Number 

 of calves. 



Average 

 final farm 



weight 

 per head. 



Average 



market 



weight 



per head. 



Average 

 shrinkage 

 en route 

 to market. 



Shrinkage 

 en route 

 tomarket. 



Average 

 price paid 

 per hun- 

 dred- 

 weight. 



Average 

 weight 

 of car- 

 cass. 1 



Per cent dressed — 



Lot No. 



By farm 

 weight. 



By mar- 

 ket 

 weight. 



1 



25 

 24 



Pounds. 

 685 

 735 



Pounds. 

 644 

 692 



Pounds. 

 41 



47 



Per cent. 

 5.9 

 6.4 



88.05 



8.47 



Pounds. 

 340 

 379 



Per cent. 

 49.6 

 51.5 



Per cent. 

 52.8 



2 



54.7 







1 Farm weights less 2 per cent shrinkage. 



The calves of lot 1 sold for $8.05 per hundredweight, and those of 

 lot 2 sold for $8.47 per hundred pounds. The calves of lot 1 dressed 

 out 52.8 per cent and those of lot 2 dressed out 54.7 per cent by market 

 weights. The corn-fed calves were fatter than the cottonseed-meal 

 calves at the end of the feeding test, and this was reflected in the 

 dressing percentage. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



The financial outcome of this experiment was very satisfactory. 

 The calves cost or were valued at $5 per hundredweight in the spring. 

 Cottonseed cake in the summer cost $30.50 per ton, and the cotton- 

 seed meal in the winter cost $41.50 per ton. Corn silage was charged 

 at $3 per torn and pasture was charged in at 50 cents per calf per 

 28-day period. 



Table 28 shows the financial outcome of the feeding of both lots of 

 calves : 



Table 28. — Financial statement. 

 Lot 1: 



To purchase 25 calves — 8,325 pounds, at $5 per hundredweight $416. 25 



To 15,575 pounds cottonseed cake, at $30.50 per ton _ 237. 52 



To pasture, 179 days, at 50 cents per head per 28 days, 25 calves 79. 91 



To 7,475 pounds cottonseed meal, at $41 per ton 153. 24 



To 61,500 pounds corn silage, at $3 per ton 92. 25 



To freight charges to market 43. 75 



To commission, $15; yardage and feed, $8.25 23.25 



Total expenditures 1, 046. 17 



By sale of 25 calves— 16,100 pounds, at $8.05 1, 296. 05 



Total profit 249. 88 



Average profit per calf -w.,™,.,.,;,-.™-,™,^ 10. 00 



