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DAILY RATIONS 



Many farmers injure their cattle and get them "ofl' 

 :fed" by increasing too rapidly the cottonseed meal part 

 -of the ration. These cattle had been in a preliminary 

 feeding period for •-?4 days before the real test began, 

 yet each steer was fed only 4 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 •daily at the inauguration of the erperiment, December 

 1. Of course, the amount was increased from time to 

 time as the cattle would take it without scouring, but 

 at no time did the steers receive more than 8 pounds of 

 •cottonseed meal daily. Many farmers would have had 

 these steers on a daily ration of 10 pounds of cottonseed 

 meal within ten days after the feeding began. Scours, 

 •dizziness, stiffness and occasional cases of blindness are 

 almost siuT to follow a heavy feeding of cottonseed meal. 

 In the event of such troubles occurring the feeder is of- 

 ten compelled to sell under unfavorable circumstances, 

 as the steers cannot be held profdably. ^^'hen marketed 

 the buyer is almost sure to discriminate against them be- 

 cause of their poor condition and they consequently sell 

 at a disadvantage when offered to the packer or butcher. 



The following table outlines, by periods of 28 days 

 veach, the amount of feed given each steer daily: 



'Table 1. — Average D/fUij Ealiou For Each Steer, By 



Moitth'i. 



