. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 32 How THE Work was Carried on. Owing to the fact that pasture was not available upon the Experiment Station at Auburn, Alabama, the work was carried on upon the farms of Cobb and McMillian of Sum- terville, Alabama, who kindly agreed to co-operate with the Alabama Experiment Station and Bureau of Animal Indus- try. The winter range and summer pastures were divided into lots suitable for the work. One of the authors of this bulletin, Mr. W. F. Ward, was stationed up
. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 32 How THE Work was Carried on. Owing to the fact that pasture was not available upon the Experiment Station at Auburn, Alabama, the work was carried on upon the farms of Cobb and McMillian of Sum- terville, Alabama, who kindly agreed to co-operate with the Alabama Experiment Station and Bureau of Animal Indus- try. The winter range and summer pastures were divided into lots suitable for the work. One of the authors of this bulletin, Mr. W. F. Ward, was stationed upon the farm and had personal supervision of all the experimental work. At the end of each experiment the cattle were all shipped To the New Orleans market, where complete sale and slaugh- ter records were Lot 1.—Evd of winter 1908. Feed, range alone. Total winter gain of each steer,—97 pounds. Total cost to winter each steer, (?). The Winter Range. The winter range consisted of the winter corn and cotton fields. The leaves had not been stripped from the corn stalks. -Crab grass had grown up sufficiently between the rows of corn after the last cultivation, to be of some value to the cattle during the early weeks of the winter. No cane brakes were used. The cattle, except those in the range lots, were not given unlimited range; each lot was confineJ to a certain area. Of course, the man who has cane brakes. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Agricultural Experiment Station. Auburn, Ala. : The Station
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