CALF FEEDING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 
pounds in the summer. The calves, however, had not been pampered 
in any way during the summer months; they simply had run with 
their dams on a reasonably good pasture. 
Table 2 shows that exceedingly satisfactory gains were secured 
during this winter test : 
Table 2. — Weights, total gains, and average daily gains (November i7, 1911, 
March 3, 1912). 
to 
Lot 
No. 
Number 
of calves. 
Ration. 
Average 
initial 
weight of 
calves. 
Average 
final 
weight of 
calves. 
Total 
gain of 
each calf. 
Average 
daily 
gain of 
each calf. 
16 
15 
16 
(Cottonseed meal 
Pounds. 
\ 376 
\ 375 
1 376 
1 
Pounds. 
584 
562 
546 
Pounds. 
208 
187 
170 
Pounds. 
1 
■{Cottonseed hulls 
1.94 
(Cottonseed mealj two-thirds 
J Corn-and-cob meal, one-third 
2 
1.75 
(Cottonseed meal , one-third 
1 Corn-and-cob meal, two-thirds 
3 
1 Cottonseed hulls 
1.59 
(Mixed alfalfa hay * 
The gains were all satisfactory, but an exact reverse of the results 
secured the previous winter. In the previous year's test the calves 
that were fed corn-and-cob meal along with the cottonseed meal 
gained more rapidly than those that ate cottonseed meal as the sole 
concentrate, and the greater the amount of corn-and-cob meal eaten 
the more rapid the gains. The calves in lot 1, which ate cottonseed 
meal, gained at an average daily rate of 1.94 pounds, while the 
calves in lots 2 and 3, where the cottonseed meal was supplemented 
and partly replaced by corn-and-cob meal gained at the respective 
rates of 1.75 and 1.59 pounds daily. The only explanation that can 
be offered is that the calves of all lots were fed more concentrate per 
head daily during the winter of 1910-11 than they were during the 
winter of 1911-12, and the amount of concentrates fed for lots 2 and 
3 in 1911-12 was too small to make large gains on fattening calves. 
When sold, March 3, 1912, these calves were, on the average, about 
12 months old. Those in lot 1 had attained an average weight of 584 
pounds, but those in lots 2 and 3 were somewhat lighter. Although 
not large, these calves were perhaps as large at 12 months as the 
average southern steer at twice the age. The increased size was 
due partly to the infusion of some good beef blood and partly to 
liberal feeding and good care. 
QUANTITY AND COST OF FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE 100 POUNDS 
OF GAIN. 
The finishing or fattening period continued from November 17, 
1911, to March 3, 1912, a period of 107 days. During this time the 
calves were fed practically all they would eat, especially of the 
