UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 631 



Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 

 JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 



Washington, D. C. Y April 19, 1: 



FIVE YEARS' CALF-FEEDING WORK 

 IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI 



By 



W. F. WARD and S. S. JERDAN 



Of the Animal Husbandry Division 



CONTENTS 



Page 

 I. Winter Fattening of Calves in Alabama on Cottonseed Meal, Cot- 

 tonseed Hulls, Cc-m-and-Cob Meal, and Alfalfa Hay, 1911-12 . 1 



II. Fattening Calves in Alabama on Cottcnseed Meal, Cottonseed 



Hulls, Corn Chop, and Corn Silage, 1912-13 14 



IH. Fattening Calves in Mississippi on Cottonseed Meal, Corn, Cot- . 



tonseed Hulls, Corn Silage, and Alfalfa Hay, 1S14-15 .... 21 



IV. Fattening Calves in Mississippi on Cottonseed Meal, Corn, Corn 



Silage, and Alfalfa, 1915-16 29 



V. Fattening Late (Short-Aged) Calves for Market 39 



VI. General Discussion of Five Years' Experiments ....... 48 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



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