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steers receiving- an addition of alfalfa hay made larger, cheaper, and 

 more economical gains, finishing more rapidly for market and sold 

 for a higher price. One of the distinct differences in the animals 

 in these two groups was in the uniformity of gains and the good 

 appetities of the cattle receiving alfalfa, but those that did not re- 

 ceive alfalfa had two steers ofif feed and the gains of the lot were 

 variable. 



The animals in the above tests were given all the roughage, 

 consisting of silage and alfalfa hay, that they would consume. 

 Those receiving cottonseed meal were given an average of 2.56 

 pounds per day and those receiving ground milo maize averaged 

 5.77 pounds per day. It will be noted that the amount of concen- 

 trates was held at a minimum. 



FLESHING THIN COWS 



On the Cochise Dry-Farm twenty-one old, thin, and weak 

 range cows were divided into three groups — one of them being 

 fed silage and cottonseed meal ; another silage, cottonseed meal, 

 and alfalfa hay; and a third silage and cottonseed meal, with a drv 

 pasture to run in. A maximum of three pounds of cottonseed meal 

 was fed daily and the cows were given all the silage, alfalfa hay, 

 and pasture they cared for. 



Twelve weeks were required for the animals to take on suffi- 

 cient flesh to suit the butchers. The cows in Lot II, receiving 

 silage, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa hay, consumed an average of 

 60A2 pounds of silage, 2.83 pounds cottonseed meal, 2.64 pounds 

 alfalfa hay daily over the twelve weeks and gained an average of 

 2.99 pounds per day. The next best lot was the cows receiving 

 silage, cottonseed meal, and dry pasture. The animals, consum- 

 ing only a small amount of dry pasture, received the same amount 

 «f cottonseed meal, and 63.18 pounds of silage daily. The cows in 

 Lot 1 receiving an average of 66.86 pounds silage and 2.86 pounds 

 •f cottonseed meal, gained only 2.32 pounds daily. The results of 

 this test indicate that there is a great difference between the dii- 

 ferent range cows, the fatter and larger the animals the better, ou 

 eatering the feed lot. 



USE OE GARBAGE FOR HOGS 



On October 31, 1919, ten shoats averaging 100 pounds each 

 were purchased at $16 per hundred. The pigs were fed on gar- 

 bage at a cost of 40 cents a day over a period of 81 days. At the 

 end of this time the pigs were sold at 15 cents a pound, there being 

 •niy nine pigs, for one got sick, from some cause not considered 



