farmers' institutes. 261 



at Washington, D. C. ; also the Special Report on the Diseases of 

 the Horse and the Diseases of Cattle by the Bureau of Animal In- 

 dustry at Washington. By writing to the Superintendent of Docu- 

 ments, Union Building, Washington, D. C, you will receive a list 

 from which you can obtain for the asking, free, such Farmres' Bulle- 

 tins as "The Feeding of Farm Animals," "Hog Cholera and Swine 

 Plague," "Silos and Silage," "Potato Culture," "Care and Feeding of 

 Fowls," "Barnyard Manure," "Kaffir Corn," "Essentials in Beef Pro- 

 duction," "Conformation of Beef and Dairy Cattle," "Cow Peas," 

 "Rotation of Crops," etc. 



By a careful observance of the suggestions set out in this ar- 

 ticle, any farmer, at a very small outlay of money, can provide for 

 himself a library in every way adequate to the demands of the aver- 

 age farmer. 



EXPERIAIENTS IN CATTLE FEEDING. 



(Written for the annual meeting of the "American Federation of Agricultural Stucients," 



held in Chicago, December 2, 1902, by Jas. N. Price, Student 



in Agriculture, University of Missouri.) 



Since cattle feeding has come to be one of the most important 

 industries in the United States, the question of* how to produce the 

 cheapest beef has become one of great importance to the feeder. A 

 great many experiments have been conducted along this line by the 

 experiment stations of the different states with some excellent re- 

 sults, showing the relative values of the different grains and hays 

 as well as the value of shelter for cattle on full feed and the com- 

 parative values of summer and winter feeding. But, after all these 

 experiments and the many bulletins published and papers written on 

 this subject of cattle feeding, many farmers still say that the old way 

 is good enough for them ; and continue to feed cattle for market on 

 corn and timothy hay. 



The Missouri Experimental Station has carried on a number of 

 experiments in cattle feeding with some interesting and valuable 

 results. One of the most interesting of these experiments was con- 

 ducted for the purpose of testing the relative values of different kinds 

 of roughness for cattle feeding. The first trial was made with three 



