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Unfortunately for the test and the cattle, the supply 

 of silage lasted only 56 days, so no silage was fed the 

 steers in Lot 1 during the last period of 28 days. Cotton- 

 seed hulls replaced the silage. During the last period 

 each steer ate 7.73 pounds of cottonseed meal daily; they 

 would have eaten a larger amount if it had been placed 

 before them. The roughage part of the ration was de- 

 creased as the amount of cottonseed meal was increased ; 

 the steers themselves regulated the amount of roughago 

 so they were given only as much as they would clean up 

 after each meal. 



The above table should be closely studied by the cat- 

 tle feeder. There is no doubt that the average southern 

 farmer feeds too much cottonseed meal to his fattening 

 cattle. When the allowance of meal is kept down to a 

 reasonable amount the cattle will feel better and make 

 gains more economically than when 9 to 10 pounds are 

 fed to each steer daily. At the same time, the owner will 

 not be forced to sell at unfavorable times because of 

 scours and sickness. 



DAILY AND TOTAL GAINS. 



The gains as given here are not fictitious in any sense. 

 No "fill" is included, as the cattle had been on feed for 

 24 days before the test began. The gains would have 

 been considerably larger if the "fill" had been included. 



