14 BULLETIN" 258, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Arithmetic. — Develop problems based on the foregoing facts. 
Note. — Supplement this lesson with a study of bad habits of poul- 
try. See Farmers' Bui. 287, p. 47. 
LESSON SEVEN. 
SUBJECT : FARM ANIMALS. TOPIC I WINTEB FEEDING OF BABT BEEVES, MATURE 
BEEVES, AND HORSES. 
Baby beeves, — Fattening and marketing calves from 8 months to 
a year old may be made profitable. The high price paid for beef 
animals in the winter and early sj)ring makes it advisable to begin 
now to get animals ready for market. Pastures and open fields 
should be utilized as long as profitable. These should be supple- 
mented with a part ration at the outset. The ration should be 
gradually increased as the pastures give way and as the fattening 
period advances. The fattening period should usually extend ap- 
proximately 100 days. 
Rations. — (1) Cottonseed meal, 2 parts; corn-and-cob meal, 1 
part; equal parts of cottonseed hulls and legume hay. (2) Cotton- 
seed meal and equal parts cottonseed hulls and legume hay. (3) 
Cottonseed meal, 1 part ; corn-and-cob meal, 2 parts ; and equal parts 
of cottonseed hulls and legume hay. Two to 3 pounds of cotton- 
seed meal, 1 to 4 pounds of corn-and-cob meal, and 5 to 8 pounds 
each of cottonseed hulls and legume hay provide a satisfactory 
ration. 
Beef cattle. — Begin now to feed mature beef animals. 
Rations. — At the outset feed 2 pounds of cotton seed or cottonseed 
meal, 25 pounds of silage or its equivalent of cottonseed hulls and 
hay (1 pound of hay or hulk to 2 pounds of silage). Gradually 
increase this ration so that at the end of the feeding period (100 
days) each animal is receiving 6 pounds of meal and 45 pounds of 
silage or the equivalent. 
Horses. — Rations for young animals: One pound of grain and 2 
pounds of hay for each 100 pounds of live weight. (1) Corn, 1 
part ; oats, 1 part.; bran, 1 part ; legume hay and stover, 1 part each. 
(2) Corn, 1 part; cottonseed meal, one-half part; bran, 1 part; and 
hay, 2 parts. 
Rations for work horses: (1) Oats, 7 pounds; sorghum hay, 7 
pounds. (2) Corn, 10 pounds; cottonseed meal, 2 pounds; and 
mixed hay, 14 pounds. 
Class assignment. — Supplement the foregoing with notes from 
United States Department of Agriculture Buls. 73 and 110; Ala- 
bama Experiment Station Buls. 128, 150, and 158 ; Farmers' Bui. 580. 
