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ant supply of legume hay, in which these supplements cannot be 

 used in the proportions of from one-fifth to one-eighth with decided 

 advantage. 



Various Kinds of Supplemental Feeds Contrasted — As between 

 linseed meal, old process, pea size, and standard cottonseed meal, 

 there is in general comparatively little difference. Our experi- 

 ence, however, has shown that young cattle, particularly yearlings, 

 manifest a decided preference for linseed -meal, and will show a 

 better return and a better finish from its use. With three 

 year olds, the cottonseed meal is slightly to be preferred, 

 the price per ton being the same. Formerly, when linseed 

 meal was selling at from $5.00 to $6.00 per ton more than cotton- 

 seed meal, the latter was universally to be preferred, except for 

 very young cattle, but with the two classes selling at essentially the 

 same price, the linseed is to be generally recommended. 



In our experience the hogs have done better following the lin- 

 seed fed cattle than those receiving any other ration. 



Concerning the various gluten feeds, it may be said that they 

 are so variable in composition and character as to be of doubtful 

 value. We have had one car of this feed, for example, to be quite 

 as palatable and apparently as valuable as either linseed or cotton- 

 seed meal, and the next car quite unpalatable and undesirable. On 

 the whole it has not given the consistent and satisfactory results 

 we had hoped it would, and it needs to be further tested before 

 being generally recommended. 



In general, the value of bran in fattening cattle is largely 

 over estimated, and is far beneath its cost. Except for the feeding 

 of show cattle or the finishing of a bunch of strictly fancy Christmas 

 cattle, the writer knows of no circumstance under which bran can 

 be profitably used in fitting cattle for market. 



In general, the same may be said of oats, except on farms far 

 removed from the market and where the expense of transporting 

 the oats to the railway and the hauling of linseed meal back would 

 be prohibitive. Even under these circumstances, a good, bright 

 clover hay, or bright, well cured, alfalfa hay would be cheaper and 

 would serve the same general purpose on the ordinary grade of 

 fattening cattle. This, again, does not apply to the making of show 

 cattle, nor to the finishing of fancy Christmas cattle. 



THE VALUE OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROUGHAGE. 



The importance of roughness in fattening cattle has in general 

 been underestimated by the feeder. This is clearly brought out by 



