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Knowing these animals as I did, I think I may safely say that as they, irrespective 

 of breed, approached a certain stocky, blocky form, that we desigrnate as the "meat 

 type," in the same degree they proved good feeders and economical consumers of food 

 within a reasonable age. On the other hand, as they approached the coarser or more 

 loosely built organization, * * * in about the same proportions were they less 

 profitable consumers of food for meat purposes and turned out a less desirable carcass 

 for the block. If this be true, as I believe it is, it is a question of type rather than 

 of breed, and that breed that atfords the largest proportion in members of this type 

 is, all things considered, the best. 



Mississippi Station, Bulletin No. 13, September 25, 1890 (pp. 8). 



Feeding for milk and butter, E. E. Lloyd, M. S. — " On No- 

 vember 24, 1889, sixty cows were put into the station barn for the pur- 

 pose of making a series of tests to determine the most economical food 

 for the production of milk and butter. The herd was divided into six 

 lots containing ten cows each, of which seven were common 'natives' 

 purchased in the immediate neighborhood, two were low-grade Jerseys, 

 and one a grade Devon belonging to the college." Of the six lots, two 

 were fed cotton seed, two cotton-seed meal, and two corn meal ; the coarse 

 fodders for each two lots receiving the same grain, being in the one case 

 Bermuda hay, and in the other " mixed hay " consisting of about three- 

 fourths Japan clover [Lespedeza striata). " For some time previous to 

 beginning the tests the cows had been kept in an ordinary pasture, and 

 each had been fed 5 pounds of cotton-seed meal daily." 



The trial lasted for twelve weeks. During this time each cow had all 

 the hay she would eat (about 10 pounds daily) and the following grain 

 rations per cow daily : lots 1 and 2, 12 pounds of cotton seed, though 

 " it was found that few of them would eat so much f lots 3 and 4, 7 to 

 10 pounds of cotton-seed meal, and lots 5 and 6, 10 pounds of corn 

 meal. 



The food for each lot was weighed separately morning and evening, and all waste 

 reweighed in the morning; and the cows charged with the amount actually eaten. 



The milk from each cow was weighed separately at each milking, and samples of 

 the milk were taken for testing on Wednesday morning and evening of each week. 

 In taking these samples the milk of each lot was thoroughly mixed, and 1 liter 

 (about a quart) taken for the test. These samples were kept at a temperature of 

 65° Fah. until ripened, when they were churned and the total butter yield estimated 

 from the yields of the samples. 



In estimating the cost of the milk and butter produced the " mixed 

 hay" was valued at $7 per ton, Bermuda hay at $10, cotton seed at $9, 

 cotton-seed meal at $20, and corn meal at $20.85, and no account was 

 taken of the value of the manure. The first week was regarded as a 

 preliminary period. The results of the butter tests made in the seventh 

 week are believed to be incorrect and are not included in the record of 

 the trial. The detailed results of the trial are tabulated. 



The following statement summarizes those for the ten weeks, for which 

 the data are complete, the grain rations stated being the averages of 



