FATTENING CATTLE IN ALABAMA. 6 



been sold at sacrifice prices in the fall under such conditions, when, 

 if they could have been wintered there would have been an abundance 

 of grass to fatten them the following summer. 



The buying of commercial feeds to use for wintering stock cattle 

 has been practiced to a certain extent, though it is far more common 

 in the South to turn the cattle loose on the range and let them take 

 care of themselves the best they can during the winter. Cattle 

 treated in this manner always become very thin before spring, 

 and some losses occur. A few of the better stockmen, who handle 

 their mature cattle in this manner, sometimes drive up the thinnest 

 of the cattle during the latter part of the winter and give them some 

 feed until grass comes in the spring. 



