CALF FEEDING IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 5 
sheds, so that the feed never became wet and the calves had com- 
fortable quarters in which to eat. Salt was supplied regularly, and 
fresh water from a deep well was supplied in clean cement troughs. 
As stated above, at the beginning and end of the experiment indi- 
vidual weights were secured on two successive days. During the course 
of the test the total weight of each lot was secured every 28 days. 
CHARACTER AND PRICE OF FEEDS. 
Cottonseed meal, corn-and-cob meal, cottonseed hulls, and mixed 
alfalfa hay were used in this test. The cottonseed meal and the 
cottonseed hulls were purchased at a local market and hauled to 
the farm, a distance of 9 miles. The corn for the corn-and-cob 
meal and the mixed alfalfa hay were grown upon the farm where 
the test was made. The cottonseed meal was only fair in quality. 
The corn was of high quality. The whole ears of corn with the 
shucks were run through a grinder and made into corn-and-cob meal. 
The hay, made of a mixture of alfalfa and Johnson grass, was bright 
and had been well cured, but the Johnson grass was somewhat coarse. 
During a part of the test, from January 10 to February 8, Johnson- 
grass hay. alone was fed, as it was not possible to secure a supply of 
the mixed hay during this short period. 
As stated in the first part of the bulletin, it is always unsatis- 
factory to render a financial statement in work of this character, as 
the price of the feeds, as well as of the cattle, varies considerably 
from time to time and from place to place. The really important 
data are those showing the daily gains and the amount of feed re- 
quired to make 100 pounds of gain. In this test the feeds were 
valued as follows: 
Cottonseed meal per ton__ $26.00 
Cottonseed hulls do 7. 00 
Corn-and-cob meal do 20. 00 
Mixed alfalfa hay do 14.00 
As a matter of fact, the cottonseed meal cost only $24.50 a ton and 
the cottonseed hulls $7.50 a ton, but the above prices were adopted 
for the sake of uniformity. They represent fairly accurately the 
average prices of feeds in the State. The prices on the other two 
feeds represent exactly the market prices when the test was made. 
DAILY RATIONS. 
The farmer who undertakes to fatten young animals should under- 
stand that the younger the animal the greater the skill required to 
care for and feed it. Young calves should not be cared for and fed 
in a careless manner. With animals of this class one case of careless- 
ness in overfeeding may retard very seriously the whole future de- 
velopment. Table 1 shows the average amount of feed eaten by each 
calf daily: 
