14 BULLETIN 258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGPtlCULTTJRE. 



Arithmetic. — Develop problems based on the foregoing facts. 

 Note. — Supplement this lesson with a study of bad habits of poul- 

 try. See Farmers' Bui. 287, p. 47. 



LESSON SEVEN. 



SUBJECT : FARM ANIMALS. TOPIC : WINTER FEEDING OE BABY BEEVES, MATURE 



BEEVES, AND HORSES. 



Baby beeves. — Fattening and marketing calves from 8 months to 

 a year old may be made profitable. The high price paid for beef 

 animals in the winter and early spring makes it advisable to begin 

 now to get animals ready for market. Pastures and open fields 

 should be utilized as long as profitable. These should be supple- 

 mented with a part ration at the outset. The ration should be 

 gradually increased as the pastures give way and as the fattening 

 period advances. The fattening period should usually extend ap- 

 proximately 100 days. 



Rations. — (1) Cottonseed meal, 2 parts; corn-and-cob meal, 1 

 part; equal parts of cottonseed hulls and legume hay. (2) Cotton- 

 seed meal and equal parts cottonseed hulls and legume hay. (3) 

 Cottonseed meal, 1 part ; corn-and-cob meal, 2 parts ; and equal parts 

 of cottonseed hulls and legume hay. Two to 3 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal, 1 to 4 pounds of corn-and-cob meal, and 5 to 8 pounds 

 each of cottonseed hulls and legume hay provide a satisfactory 

 ration. 



Beef cattle. — Begin now to feed mature beef animals. 



Rations. — At the outset feed 2 pounds of cotton seed or cottonseed 

 meal, 25 pounds of silage or its equivalent of cottonseed hulls and 

 hay (1 pound of hay or hulls to 2 pounds of silage). Gradually 

 increase this ration so that at the end of the feeding period (100 

 days) each animal is receiving 6 pounds of meal and 45 pounds of 

 silage or the equivalent. 



Horses. — Rations for young animals: One pound of grain and 2 

 pounds of hay for each 100 pounds of live weight. (1) Corn, 1 

 part ; oats, 1 part ; bran, 1 part ; legume hay and stover, 1 part each. 

 (2) Corn, 1 part; cottonseed meal, one-half part; bran, 1 part; and 

 hay, 2 parts. 



Eations for work horses: (1) Oats, 7 pounds; sorghum hay, 7 

 pounds. (2) Corn, 10 pounds; cottonseed meal, 2 pounds; and 

 mixed hay, 14 pounds. 



Class assignment. — Supplement the foregoing with notes from 

 United States Department of Agriculture Buls. 73 and 110; Ala- 

 bama Experiment Station Buls. 128, 150, and 158 ; Farmers' Bui. 580. 



