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probal)ly to the intliience of the previous month's feed- 

 ino; of cotton seed, modified by the individuality of the 

 cow. A cow that scours, even though it be slight, can 

 not do her best at the pail. 



In feeding cotton seed and cotton seed meal, as well as 

 other feed ^uffs, one must not rely on tables entirely, 

 but be fjTuided lar^jelv bv the individualitv of the animal 

 with which he is dealing. The amounts of cotton seed 

 meal used in the above expieriments are larger than the 

 writers would advise. 



The amount and quality of manure collected from 



cows ON different rations. 



First experiment, 1900. The manure, both liquid and 

 solid, was saved every day, except that dropped when 

 the cows were out of the barn and in bare lots where 

 they spent the time between 8 a. m. and 4 p. m. Hence 

 the manure actually saved consisted only of that dropped 

 during 16 hours of each day, or of that voided during 

 two-thirds of the time. 



The liquid manure was saved by the use of sawdust 

 as bedding material. The manure was removed every 

 day to a shed, the roof of which consisted of 12-inch 

 boards without battens, and hence having small cracks 

 every twelve inches. This leak kept the manure moist 

 but seems not to have resulted in any appreciable 

 amount of leaching. 



The manuure (including sawdust) collected during 

 the time that the cows stood in the barn was as follows : 



I^bs. in T^bs. 



28 days, daily per 

 2 cows. cow. 



From cotton seed and hay ration, 1st 28 days 1785 



From do 2nd 26 '* 1700 



Total and average 3485 31.04 



From cotton seed meal and hulls ration, 1st 28 days. 2115 

 From do 2nd 28 " 2430 



Total average 4545 40. 6 



