UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 631 
Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
Washington, D.. C. 
April 19, 1918 
FIVE YEARS' CALF-FEEDING WORK 
IN ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI 
By 
W. F. WARD and S. S. JERDAN 
Of the Animal Husbandry Division 
CONTENTS 
Page 
I. Winter Fattening of Calves in Alabama on Cottonseed Meal, Cot- 
tonseed Hulls, Corn-and-Cob Meal, and Alfalfa Hay, 1911-12 . 1 
II. Fattening Calve3 in Alabama oil Cottonseed Meal, Cottonseed 
Hulls, Corn Chop, and Corn Silage, 1912-13 14 
III. Fattening Calves in Mississippi en Cottonseed Meal, Corn, Cot- 
tonseed Hulls, Corn Silage, and Alfalfa Hay, 1914-15 .... 21 
IV. Fattening Calves in Mississippi on Cottonseed Meal, Corn, Corn 
Silage, and Alfalfa, 1915-16 29 
V. Fattening Late (Short- Aged) Calves for Market 39 
VI. General Discussion of Five Years' Experiments 48 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
