FATTENING CATTLE IN ALABAMA. 



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prevailing climatic conditions. The averages of the three years' work 

 are also included in the table: 



Table 4. — Summary of three years' winter feeding. 





Lotl. 



Range 

 alone. 



Lot 2. 



Range plus 

 cottonseed 

 meal and 

 cottonseed 

 hulls. 



Lot 3. Lot 4. 



Range plus Range plus 



cowpea | damaged 



hay. hay. 



Lot 5. 



Range plus 

 cotton seed. 



Average weight per steer in the fall: 



1907-8. . 



Pounds. 

 722 

 705 

 G37 



Pounds. 

 725 

 705 

 633 



Pounds. 

 724 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



1908-9 



689 

 651 



706 



1909-10. . 















688 



- 97 

 -106 

 -106 



698 



- 6 

 + 3 

 +43 



724 680 



706 



Gain in weight per steer during the winter: 

 1907-8 



-9 







1908-9 



-40 



-72 



-40 



1909-10 















-101 



None. 

 None. 

 None. 



+ 8 



(2. 35 meal. 

 \8. 50 hulls. 

 / 2. 41 meal. 

 \8. 71 hulls. 

 1% 39 meal. 

 \8. 90 hulls. 



-9 



18.50 cow- 

 / pea hay. 



-64 



-40 



Feed consumed per steer per day: 





1907-8 



111. 8 dam- 

 [ aged hay. 





1908-9 





1909-10 



/ 



I 



seed. . 





/ 







None. 



Cents. 

 39 

 45 

 50 



/2. 38 meal. 

 \8. 70 hulls. 



Cents. 

 67 

 78 

 62£ 



18.50 cow- 

 / pea hay. 



Cents. 

 53 



11. 8 dam- 

 aged hay. 



Cents. 



4. 71 cotton 

 seed. 



Cents. 



Average increase in cost per hundredweight 

 due to cost of wintering: 

 1907-8 



1908-9 



53 



64 



1909-10 

















45 



69 

 28 



53 



14 



53 



64 



The required increase in value per hundred- 

 weight over range cattle to break even: 

 1907-8 





1908-9 





33 

 12§ 



8 



19 



1909-10 



















Grand average 





25 



8 



8 



19 









The weights of the steers in the various lots were very uniform 

 each year. The steers used the last year of the test were about 85 

 pounds smaller than the steers used the first year. 



The loss in live weight of the steers of lot 1 was very uniform for 

 the three winters, being 97, 106, and 106 pounds, respectively, for the 

 three years. The steers which received hulls and meal lost 6 pounds 

 each the first year, gained 3 pounds the second year, and gained 43 

 pounds the final year of the experiments. The grand average for the 

 three years shows the loss to be 101 pounds for each of the steers on 

 range alone; a gain of 8 pounds for those fed on meal, hulls, and 

 range; a loss of' 9 pounds on those which received cowpea hay; a 

 loss of 64 pounds on those which were fed the coarse damaged hay; 

 and a loss of 40 pounds for those which had the range supplemented 

 with cotton seed. 



Each steer of lot 2 consumed almost the same amounts of meal and 

 hulls per day for the three winters. The average amount consumed 



