CALF FEEDING IN" ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 
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SLAUGHTER DATA. 
The calves were driven from the farm at Abbott to West Point, 
Miss., and from there they were shipped to the St. Louis market. 
They were in transit 25 hours, and shrank 41 and 47 pounds per head 
for lots 1 and 2, respectively. 
Table 27. — Slaughter data {May 5, 1916, to January 5, 1917, 2J t 6 days). 
Number 
of calves. 
Average 
final farm 
weight 
per head. 
Average 
market 
weight 
per head. 
Average 
shrinkage 
en route 
to market. 
Shrinkage 
en route 
to market. 
Average 
price paid 
per hun- 
dred- 
weight. 
Average 
weight 
of car- 
cass. i 
Per cent dressed— 
Lot No. 
By farm 
weignt. 
By mar- 
ket 
weight. 
1 
25 
24 
Pounds. 
685 
735 
Pounds. 
644 
692 
Pounds. 
41 
47 
Per cent. 
5.9 
6.4 
$8.05 
8.47 
Pounds. 
340 
379 
Per cent. 
49.6 
51.5 
Per cent. 
52.8 
2 
54.7 
i Farm weights less 2 per cent shrinkage. 
The calves of lot 1 sold for $8.05 per hundredweight, and those of 
lot 2 sold for $8.47 per hundred pounds. The calves of lot 1 dressed 
out 52.8 per cent and those of lot 2 dressed out 54.7 per cent by market 
weights. The corn-fed calves were fatter than the cottonseed-meal 
calves at the end of the feeding test, and this was reflected in the 
dressing percentage. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
The financial outcome of this experiment was very satisfactory. 
The calves cost or were valued at $5 per hundredweight in the spring. 
Cottonseed cake in the summer cost $30.50 per ton, and the cotton- 
seed meal in the winter cost $41.50 per ton. Corn silage was charged 
at $3 per torn, and pasture was charged in at 50 cents per calf per 
28-day period. 
Table 28 shows the financial outcome of the feeding of both lots of 
calves : 
Table 28. — Financial statement. 
Lot 1: 
To purchase 25 calves — 8,325 pounds, at $5 per hundredweight $416. 25 
To 15,575 pounds cottonseed cake, at $30.50 per ton 237. 52 
To pasture, 179 clays, at 50 cents per head per 28 days, 25 calves 79. 91 
To 7,475 pounds cottonseed meal, at $41 per ton 153. 24 
To 61,500 pounds corn silage, at $3 per ton 92. 25 
To freight charges to market 43. 75 
To .commission, $15 ; yardage and feed, $8.25 23. 25 
Total expenditures 1, 046. 17 
By sale of 25 calves— 16,100 pounds, at $8.05 1, 296. 05 
Total profit. 249. 88 
Average profit per calf 10. 00 
