II. FATTENING STEERS ON SUMMER PASTURE, 
ALABAMA, 1913. 
OBJECTS AND PLAN OF THE WORK. 
The experiment conducted during the summer pasture season of 
1913 was essentially a duplicate of the previous year's test except 
that in the ration of lot 2 corn-and-cob meal was substituted for corn 
chop. Three lots of steers were carried on pasture from spring 
until early in the fall, when they were marketed. The 77 head used 
were divided into three lots and placed on pasture April 8, where 
they were fed as follows until September 2, when they were sold: 
Lot 1, 26 steers, pasture alone. 
Lot 2, 25 steers, pasture with one-half cottonseed cake and one-half corn-and- 
cob meal. 
Lot 3, 26 steers, pasture and cottonseed cake. 
DESCRIPTION OF CATTLE USED. 
The steers used were mostly 3-year-olds, with a few 2-year-olds 
that had been wintered on the Cobb farm. All were in thrifty con- 
dition April 8, 1913, when initial weights were taken. Most of the 
cattle were grade Aberdeen- Angus, Herefords, and Shorthorns, 
though a few showed Jersey blood. In general the steers were typi- 
cal of those raised in Alabama at the time of the experiment. 
CHARACTER AND PRICES OF FEEDS USED. 
The cottonseed cake and meal were of good quality, containing 
about 38.6 per cent crude protein, and cost $27.50 a ton at the farm. 
Late in July the supply of cottonseed cake was exhausted and cot- 
tonseed meal Avas used to finish the steers. 
The corn, which was fed as corn-and-cob meal, was sound and 
good. The entire ears and the husks were ground together and 
charged against the steers at 70 cents a bushel. 
CONDITION OF PASTURES. 
The same pastures were used as in the 1912 experiment, but all of 
them furnished better grazing. The pasture of lot 1 had more 
sweet clovers. The only water in the pasture of lot 3 was that in 
ditches and pools ; lots 1 and 2 had both well water and ditch water. 
Except for a short, dry period earty in May, rains were quite fre- 
quent, and the steers had an abundance of grass throughout the 
summer. Pasture was charged at 50 cents a head for each 28-day 
period. 
