MARKET MILK IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING A BULL. 



There is a noticeable difference between winter and sununer in 

 the feed and pasture requirements for a bull. The quantity of bed- 

 ding is so small as to be negligible, and is due to the fact that only a 

 few bulls received any bedding at all and then only for short periods 

 in the winter. 



Many of the bulls retained in the herds increased in value during 

 the year and some bulls sold for beef during the year brought more 

 than their inventory value at the beginning of the year. These 

 conditions were brought about mainly by the unusual conditions 

 incident to the war period. 



Table 5. — Requirements for keeping a hull, by seasons, based on averages obtained from 



the equivalent of 24.3 bulls. 



Item. 



Winter. 



Summer. 



Entire 

 year. 



Feed: 



Purchased concentrates 



Home-grown grain 



pounds.. 



do.... 



do.... 



0G7 

 54 



459 

 22 



1,126 



Total concentrates 



Hauling grain 



721 



$0.58 



481 

 $0.49 



1,202 

 $1.07 





pounds.. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do . 





Noncommercial roughage 



206 

 170 

 230 





206 



Commercial carbohydrate hay 



Commercial legume hay 



136 

 37 



306 



267 



Total dry roughage 



Succulent roughage 



Bedding 



G06 



972 



4 



$1.18 



173 

 154 



779 



1, 126 



4 



Pastured 



$3.48 



$4.66 





hours.. 





Human labor 



17.4 



16.2 



33.6 



other costs: 



Interest on bull investment 



$8.21 

 3.94 



$7.53 



3.61 



.11 



S15. 74 





7.55 





.11 











Total of other costs 



12.15 



10. S9 



11.25 

 10.00 



2:3.40 





20. S9 











1.20 



1.25 



2.51 







FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MILK. 



FEEDS. 



Concentrates is a term applied to grain, cereals, or seeds, or to by- 

 products containing a large quantity of nutritious substance in a 

 relatively small bulk. 



Home-grown grains refer to concentrates grown on the farm or in 

 the locality where fed. 



Dry rouglmge includes various hays and other bulky feeds which 

 are subdivided into three classes: (1) Noncommercial dry rouglmge, 

 coarse feeds, such as corn stover and oat hay, which ortlinarily could 

 not be sold in large quantities on the city markets, and hay or other 

 dry roughage so foul with weeds or so damaged in curing as not to 

 be readily salable; (2) commercial leguminous roughage, which 



