230 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. DoO. 



MB. DRAKE : I would like to ask a question relating to the sub- 

 ject of feeding. I am a cattle feeder, you may say, at least, I am 

 feeding some cattle on pasture. Now the question I wish to ask is. 

 Do I need to have a grain carrying a very heavy per cent, of protein? 



PROF. OWENS: Are they cows or steers? 



MR. DRAKE: Steers. 



PROF. OWENS: Without looking up the matter, I should think 

 that you would not need to carry very much protein in that case. 



MR. DRAKE: Would you say that the pasture will supply enough? 

 It is a good, blue-grass pasture. 



PROF. OWENS: I should think it would supply nearly enough 

 protein, but I would not like to be quoted as authority on that. 

 You can get the Bulletin and see just exactly what is required. You 

 must feed every animal for a certain purpose. In the case of the 

 cow you are feeding for milk, and in the case of the steer, you are 

 feeding it for fat, and so of course you must apply that doctrine 

 to the compounding of the feed. 



A Member: Is cottonseed meal dangerous fo feed to cattle? 



I^OF. OWENS: Well, it is, unless you feed it in safe propor- 

 tions; that is the cheapest form of protein that you can feed, but 

 you must know what proportion is safe. I think th^st something 

 like a pound and three-quarters, not over two pounds, would h& 

 about the amount; but as I say, I do not have these figures in my 

 head; I would prefer that you would look them up in the Bulletin 

 from those people who have carefully worked them out. 



MR, BILLINGS: Does cottonseed loose value by age? 



PROF. OWENS: Cottonseed of course, is a highly organized seed, 

 and if not properly cared for, would loose value, and might 

 present some danger if decomposition takes place in the cottonseed, 

 but if properly taken care of, there woul4 be probably but a small 

 loss. 



MR. HUTCHISON: Where feed is damp in a shed, it looses very 

 rapidly; the protein is not likely to loose so much but you must be 

 careful in keeping the feed in a proper and suitable place where 

 you buy a ton or two, or vou will loose a large percentage of the 

 fat. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: What effect or what change in the feeding 

 value does the heating of corn have? In our section of the country 

 there is quite a good deal of corn sold now by one certain merchant 

 that heats on the cob. I would like to know what effect that has 

 upon the feeding value? 



PROF. OWENS: That lowers the fat; it don't affect the protein 

 so much, but it lowers the fat. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: What effect would it hare? 



