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bly for this purpose, and when they sold for as low as $3.00 per ton 

 they made an cxccllont cheap roughage, but at the higher prices now 

 charged for hulls their place may usually be taken by other feeds 

 with more ])rofitable results. At least, when silage and shredded 

 stover are to be had at the low cost which is practicable on every 

 farm, not more than from 3 to 5 pounds of cotton-seed hulls need be 

 used at the most, and these only for the purpose of diluting and 

 giving greater bulk to the cotton-seed meal. 



No doubt cotton-seed hulls and meal may be fed for short periods 

 at present prices, and a profit made by the operation in certain cases; 

 but better and more economical results may be obtained from the use 

 of shredded corn stover and silage, especially when the feeding period 

 exceeds 100 days. 



PEAVINE AND OTHER HAYS. 



It is doubtful if any salable hay can be profitably fed to beef cattle 

 in North Carolina. This is certainly the case when the hay is near 

 t-nough to the railroad to make its shipment practicable, for the price 

 of hay ranges from $12 to $20 per ton, and that is too high for profita- 

 ble cattle-feeding. However, if we count the actual cost of production, 

 instead of the selling price, of peavine hay, and then deduct from this 

 cost of production the value of the stubble and roots in, the improve- 

 ment of the land, we can better afi^ord to grow it and feed it to beef 

 •cattle rather than not grow it at all ; but at ruling market prices all 

 salable hays are too high-priced for the profitable feeding of beef 

 cattle. 



CONCENTRATES OR GRAINS. 



With the exception of cotton seed and cotton-seed meal all grains 

 or concentrates are high-priced to the North Carolina cattle-feeder. 

 Corn, rice products, wheat bran, linseed meal, gluten feeds, etc., are 

 all too high-priced to permit of their use, except in very small quan- 

 tities. 



COTTON SEED. 



At the usual market price cotton seed is the cheapest cattle feed 

 available in the cotton-producing sections of this State, But the high 

 fat content of cotton seed prevents its use to an extent approaching a 

 full ration. In small quantities cotton seed is, pound for pound, 

 equal in feeding value to corn. Or, in other words, cotton seed at 25 

 cents per bushel is as cheap for cattle feeding as corn at 40 cents per 

 bushel, or cotton-seed meal at $25 per ton. Therefore, since cotton- 

 seed meal and corn seldom sell below the prices stated and cotton 

 seed may usually be bought at less than 25 cents per bushel or $16.66 

 per ton, it follows that cotton seed should be fed to the extent of from 

 4 to 6 pounds per day to a steer weighing 1,000 pounds. In larger 



