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■made uj) cli icily of the most ('cononiical of all purchased 



ufoodslulis, cotlou seed meal and hulls, with oue consist- 



injr chictlv of cotton seed and sorohum hay, both of 



Avliich latter materials can he grown on every farm in 



the cotton belt. 



Purchased vs. faum-growx ration in 1900. 



The farm-grown ration consisted of cotton seed and 

 sornhum hav, with small amounts of wheat bran and 

 corn meal added to improve the palatability and to in- 

 crease the amount of cotton seed consumed. The en- 

 -deavor was to make each cow eat daily at least 9 pounds 

 raw cotton seed, 10 pounds sorghum hay, 3 pounds wheat 

 bran, and 3 pounds corn meal ; and the foods were mixed 

 in these proportions. As much of the mixture Avas 

 .^iA'en to each cow as she would eat clean. 



The purchased, or "oil niilP' ration consisted of a mix- 

 ture of 5.25 pounds of cotton seed meal, 10 pounds of 

 cotton seed hulls, 3 pounds of wheat bran, and 3 pounds 

 of corn meal. This mixture was also fed in amounts as 

 large as the cows would eat and the quantity consumed 

 was greater than had been expected when the experi- 

 ment was i)lanned. 



The following prices for food stuffs used in calculat- 

 ing the cost of butter are assumed as average prices in 

 i;his State for a series of years, except tl^t sorghum hay, 

 for Avhich there is no market, is charge / a price some- 

 what above its average cost of production: 



■Cotton seed $ 8.00 per ton. 



•Cotton seed meal 20.00 per ton. 



Cotton seed hulls 4.00 per ton. 



Wheat bran 18.00 per ton. 



Corn meal 20.00 per ton. 



;Sorghum hay 6.67 per ton. 



