KAISING AND FATTENING BEEF CALVES IN ALABAMA. 11 
(2) A herd of 80 cows, mostly grade Aberdeen- Angus, were 
employed. From this herd 64 calves were raised during the year 
1911. 
(3) The calves were born during the spring months and ran with 
their mothers on pasture until late fall, when they were weaned and 
prepared for the fattening period, which was inaugurated on January 
17, 1912, and continued until April 1, 1912. 
(4) In all, there were 64 calves, but only 49 of these were fattened 
for the market. The owner wished to build up the breeding herd, 
so 15 of the best heifers were kept on the farm for future breeding. 
(5) When the calves were 9| months old the 64 had attained an 
average weight of 460 pounds. 
(6) It cost $14.36 to raise each calf to an age of 9 J months. This 
cost includes all possible expenses, or cost of all feed eaten by both 
cows and calves, interest on money invested in cattle, rent on pas- 
tures, taxes, depreciation on the value of the herd, etc. The average 
cost per hundredweight was $3.12. 
(7) Forty-nine of the 64 calves were then placed in the feed lot. 
These 49 animals averaged 456 pounds in weight at the beginning 
of the fattening period and 560 pounds at the close. They, therefore, 
gained at the average daily rate of 1.37 pounds. 
(8) Each calf, during the fattening period, ate daily 4.4 pounds of 
cottonseed meal, 23.9 pounds of corn silage, and 2.76 pounds of 
broom-sedge hay. 
(9) To make 100 pounds of increase hi live weight required the use 
of 323 pounds of cottonseed meal, 1,741 pounds of corn silage, and 
201 pounds of hay, costing $7.31. 
(10) When the calves were fat they were sold on the farm for 
$5.87| a hundredweight. It cost only $3.61 per hundredweight 
to raise and fatten them. 
(11) The total profit on the herd during 1911-12 was $436.19 
or an average of $6.81 for each calfo 
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