264 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



desirableness. If it is not the limit of safety, it is the limit 

 of desirableness. 



Question. What is the nature of your trouble with 

 steers ? 



Mr. Sanborn. They are made costive. 



Question. Do you suppose that it will produce garget ? 



Mr. Sanboen. An excessive amount of it would be dan- 

 gerous. I have never had any trouble with garget. I know 

 that corn-meal and cotton-seed meal are both said to produce 

 garget, but I never have had any trouble. I think it is 

 because I feed them with coarse foods. I do not feed them 

 with hay. I have not fed bran with corn-meal for two or 

 three years, to any extent, for the reason that cotton-seed 

 meal has been cheaper. I would not feed bran for butter, in 

 any event, or only in very small quantities. 



Mr. Capen. I have seen it stated in agricultural papers, 

 that there is a growing demand in Europe for cotton-seed 

 meal ; and the price is rising, and there is a growing demand 

 here evidently. What substitute can be looked for in case 

 it should rise to fifty dollars a ton ? 



Mr. Sanborn. In the first place, the supply at the South 

 has never been touched, and it will be enormous by and by. 

 But if you get short, I should recommend the use of clover- 

 hay. I have this year about fifty tons of clover-hay which I 

 have raised. When I am feeding clover-hay with my coarse 

 fodders, I do not need so much cotton-seed meal. In fact, 

 clover-hay and straw are all you want for ordinary growth : 

 that will give you a pound to a pound and a half growth 

 a day. 



Mr. Capen. Your opinion of clover is very high. 



Mr. Sanborn. Very high indeed. 



Question. What is the best way of feeding it? 



Mr. Sanborn. I always feed it with coarse fodders. I 

 should not value it so highly, fed alone. My cattle eat it up 

 clean. 



Question. Did you ever give a horse any cotton-seed 

 meal? 



Mr. Sanborn. I never have. I have a pair of very fine 

 horses, and the man who takes care of them has a great deal 

 of pride in them. He feeds them hay, and I have never 

 insisted upon his feeding them in any other way. But if I 



