BULLETIN *111, U. S. DEPAETMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. 



together with other experiments in "^dntering and dry-lot feeding 

 of beef cattle, have been published.^ 



This bulletin is confined to reports of four summers' feeding — tAvo 

 in Alabama in 1912 and 1913 and two in Mississippi in 1915 and 

 1916. Each year's test is reported separately. 



Fig. 1. — The shaded area represents the portion of the Southern States to which 

 the results obtained iu. the feeding experiment are applicable. The unshaded 

 portions within the shaded area represent coastal plain and piney-wood sections 

 where soil and pasture conditions are different from those applicable to the 

 experiment. The circles in Alabama and Mississippi show the approximate loca- 

 tions of the test farms. The locations of the various cattle markets to which 

 southern cattle are shipped is also shown. 



All tests were carried out under actual and typical farm condi- 

 tions ; consequently the results may be applied directly to the manage- 

 ment and feeding of cattle on pasture in southern regions where 

 climatic conditions and pasture grasses are similar to those of 

 Sumter County, Ala., and Clay and Madison Counties, Miss., which 

 will be described. 



The experiments of 1912 and 1913 were conducted on the farm of 

 O. E. Cobb, Sumterville, Sumter County, Ala., where several j^ears' 

 experimental work with beef cattle already had been done. The 

 cattle, feed, and pastures were furnished by Mr. Cobb. The bureau 

 employed S. S. Jerdan to have direct charge of the management and 

 feeding and to keep records of the work. 



1 See Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletins 103, 147, and 159, and Department of Agri- 

 culture Bulletins 73, 110, 761, and 762. 



