CALF FEEDING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 
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Table 20. — Manure yields (Nov. 12, 1915, to Apr. 16, 1916, 156 days). 
Pounds. 
Lot 1. Total yield 68,235 
Average per calf 4, 549 
Average per calf daily 29. 16 
Lot 2. Total yield 60,090 
Average per calf 4,083 
Average per calf daily 26. 17 
Lot 3. Total yield 49, 830 
Average per calf 3, 322 
Average per calf daily 21. 29 
It is seen that for the 156-day period there were saved from each 
calf in lot 1, 29.16 pounds of manure daily, while 26.17 pounds per 
head were saved from lot 2, and 21.29 pounds daily from each calf 
of lot 3. 
No definite reason can be given for the calves of lot 1 producing 
more manure than those of the other lots. Can it be possible that 
the high protein ration caused the calves to drink more water, thereby 
causing more liquid manure to be voided ? The fact remains that the 
average amount of manure produced per day by such calves was 
about 27 pounds per head. 
SLAUGHTER DATA. 
In shipping to the St. Louis market the calves were in transit 
26 hours. The average net shrinkage per head was 48, 29, and 36 
pounds for lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively, amounting to 6.8, 4.2, and 
5.0 per cent of their live weights. The average shrinkage on calves 
of this weight in transit 26 hours usually ranges from 5 to 7J per 
cent of their live weight. It is seen that the shrinkage here was a 
little less than average. The difference in shrinkage between the 
calves of the three lots can not be accounted for, as they were handled 
exactly alike. It is to be expected that the calves of lot 1 would 
shrink somewhat more than the other calves because they were not 
as fat and had been consuming a greater amount of roughage per 
day, but the difference was quite large. 
Table 21. — Slaughter data. 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Average 
farm 
weight 
per calf 
4-16-16. 
Average 
market 
weight 
per calf 
4-19-16. 
Average 
shrink- 
age in 
transit. 
Percent- 
age of 
shrink- 
Average 
weight 
of 
Per- 
centage 
dressed 
by farm 
weights. 
Per- 
centage 
dressed 
by 
market. 
weights. 1 
[Cottonseed meal. 
Cornsilage 
I Alfalfa hay 
[Cottonseed meal. 
I Shelled corn 
I Corn silage 
I Alfalfa hay 
[Shelled corn 
Cornsilage 
I Alfalfa hay 
Pounds. 
701 
695 
714 
Pounds. 
653 
678 
Pounds. 
48 
29 
36 
Per cent. 
5.0 
Pounds. 
363 
3S7 
Per cent. 
49.3 
53.7 
Pounds. 
54.4 
56.0 
55.9 
1 Three calves, Nos. 22, 17, and 8, weighing 450, 500, and 480 pounds, respectively, were sold from lots 
1, 2, and 3, as stockers. Thus slaughter data were obtained on the lots from 14, 13, and 14, calves, re- 
spectively. The farm weights of Nos. 22, 17, and 8 were 483, 520, and 515 pounds, respectively. 
