UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 827 
s tvsgr Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry < ^L y , 
sZyr^TU JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief -jrC^T^ft, 
Washington, D. C. 
May 26, 1921 
THE CUT-OVER PINE LANDS OF THE SOUTH 
FOR BEEF-CATTLE PRODUCTION. 
By F. W. Faeley and S. W. Gkeene, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of 
Animal Industry. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Extent of the cut-over lands 2 
Survey of the cut-over lands 5 
Objects and plan of procedure— 5 
Status of the beef-cattle industry— 6 
Number and value of cattle 6 
Size and quality of cattle 8 
Work accomplished in improv- 
ing native cattle 11 
Native cattle for foundation 
herds . 12 
Adaptation of cut-over lands for 
beef cattle 13 
Climate 14 
Area in farms and grazing 
lands 14 
Soils and topography 15 
Page. 
Adaptation of cut-over lands for 
beef cattle — Continued. 
Ownership of lands and size of 
holdings 16 
Improvement of cattle 19 
Pastures _ 20 
Winter feeds 34 
Concentrated feeds 38 
Silage crops 42 
Recommendations for winter 
feeding 43 
Buildings and shelter 46 
Diseases and pests 47 
Water supply 48 
Markets 49 
Experimental work of immediate 
importance 49 
In the summer of 1917 the Bureau of Animal Industry, United 
States Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Missis- 
sippi experiment station, established at Collins, Miss., a branch beef- 
cattle experiment station to determine practical methods to follow 
in growing beef on cut-over pine lands. Soon after the station was 
established and plans for the work were put under way it was 
realized that, before further experiments were conducted, more defi- 
nite information should be obtained concerning the resources and 
possibilities for beef-cattle production on cut-over pine lands. 
S. W. Greene, who was in charge of the work at Collins, was de- 
tailed by the Bureau of Animal Industry to make a survey of the 
"Piney Woods" region and collect information along these lines. 
The data collected by Mr. Greene are included in this publication. 
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