III. FATTENING CALVES ON COTTONSEED MEAL, CORN, 
COTTONSEED HULLS, CORN SILAGE, AND ALFALFA 
HAY. 
TRANSFER OF WORK FROM ALABAMA TO MISSISSIPPI. 
The cattle- feeding work which was conducted in Alabama in co- 
operation with the Experiment Station from 1904 to 1913 was 
transferred to the tick-free sections of Mississippi in 1914. An ex- 
perimental farm was established near Canton, Miss., in the " brown 
loam " section of the State, and another at Abbott, Miss., near West 
Point, in the black-prairie section. The work which is reported 
herewith was conducted on the farm of Mr. Ben Walker at Abbott. 
That section of Mississippi has long been recognized as a splendid 
live-stock section, for the prairie soils have a large lime content 
which induces good growth in the various clovers and alfalfa, thus 
furnishing good pastures and an abundance of forage. Conditions 
are very similar to those in western Alabama, where the former 
work was conducted. The land in the Mississippi pastures was not 
so rolling as in Alabama, but there was little difference in the type 
of soil and its fertility. 
The object of this test was to get further information concerning 
the use of cottonseed meal and mixtures of cottonseed meal and corn 
for finishing calves for the market. This is a continuation of the 
work conducted in Alabama. 
CALVES USED. 
The calves used in the experiment were grade Shorthorn, Angus, 
and Red Polled, the Shorthorns predominating in numbers. They 
were out of grade beef cows and sired by registered bulls. All but 
one were raised upon the farm and ran with their dams in black- 
prairie pastures until just before the test was started. In size they 
were somewhat larger than the average Mississippi calves at wean- 
ing time, but they were of about the same size and quality as the 
grade beef calves found upon the good stock farms of the State. 
They represented the second or third cross of good beef bulls on 
the native Mississippi cows. They averaged 400 pounds each when 
taken from their dams on October 25, 1914, to be weaned, dehorned, 
and started on a preliminary feed. All calves were valued at 5 
cents a pound on the farm without any deduction for shrinkage. 
FEED LOTS AND WATER SUPPLY. 
All the calves were fed in a large barn, which was open enough 
on the sides to permit thorough ventilation. About 50 square feet 
of space was allowed for each calf for lying down and exercising. 
21 
