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with a siiiiiU (|u.iiitity dl' soiiu' iinilciii food, sudi as oil inonl. to .^i\(' iiioi'c 

 nearly a balance ol" luitriciits in kccijiiis; with aiiiiiial rt'(iuireuieiits. 



"Cornstalks cut ami jmt in the shock iiinnediately after the ears ripen 

 possess a food value which can not consistently l)e ignored by the farmer, and 

 existing hind values warrant (lie larj^er utilization of this rou.nhnrss by the 

 adoption of methods of harvesting' that will make such material more valuable 

 for feedinj^ puiposes." 



After an interval of .3 weeks the cattle used in the precedinj: test were ayjiin 

 subdivided into (! lots of 10 steers each. Corn alone, corn and bran ii : 1, and 

 corn with oil meal and with cotton-seed meal 9:1, with prairie grass hay in 

 every case, were compared, as well as corn and corn-and-cob meal each with 

 alfalfa hay and prairie ha.y 1 : 1. The feeding period covered 8 weeks. The 

 average daily gain ranged from 1.27 Ib.s. per head on corn and prairie hay to 

 2.ri2 lbs. on corn and oil meal. The grain eaten per pound of gain ranged from 

 '.».7T lbs. oii both tlie corn and oil meal and the corn-and-cob meal and alfalfa 

 hay rations to 15.10 lbs. (»n corn, and the hay eaten from 2.7 lbs. on corn and 

 oil meal to 3.94 lbs. on corn. The cost of a pound of gain was largest with 

 the last-mentioned lot. being 1(1.74 cts.. and lowest, 7.4 cts., with the lot fed 

 corn and alfalfa hay. 



Pigs followed the steers, and the value of the i)ork produced as a by-product 

 to each pound of gain made by the steers ranged from O.GS ct. in the case of 

 the corn and cotton-seed meal ration to 2.05 cts. in the case of the corn ration. 



" Conclusions can not be drawn from the results of a single experiment, but 

 the records of this test indicate that oil meal is superior to cotton-seed meal. 

 The greater profits, however, from oil meal were due in part to the fact that 

 the hogs behind the cattle fed cotton-seed meal made much smaller gains. 



"The records in this experiment also indicate that oil meal has a value 

 nearly three times as great as bi'an. . . . 



" None of the jirotein concentrates proved as cheap as alfalfa hay." 



Our available stock foods, W. H. Dalrymple (Louisiana ,S7«.s-. Bill. 86, 

 pp. I'f, figs. 11). — Available data regarding the composition and nutritive value 

 of a number of feeding stuffs, especially those of local origin, are spoken of, and 

 sample rations for different farm animals are suggested in which such feeding 

 stuffs are used. 



Requests for information regarding the feeding of low-grade sugar cane 

 molasses or blackstrap were sent to a number of planters. Opinions regarding 

 its use were not entirely uniform, but in general they showed that this material 

 was extensively used and very favorabl.y regarded. The consumption of 

 molasses per head per day on 47 sugar estates averaged about 10 lbs., the range 

 being from 2 or 3 lbs. to a little over 21 lbs. The majority of those supplying 

 information conceded that molasses effected a saving of 10 to 50 per cent in 

 feed bills. The opinion was generally advanced that feeding molasses dimin- 

 ished the number of cases of dietetic ailments, such as colic, etc., and improved 

 the health and therefore the capacity of the animals for woi'k. 



" Some feed molasses as an ingredient of a mixed ration ; others, by itself, 

 ad libitum, in an open recei)tacle; while still others adopt both methods. . . . 

 The fewer number of planters feed their animals 3 times per day, the majority 

 twice." 



In a number of cases the replies received stated that molasses was fed to all 

 classes of farm animals except poultry as well as to horses and mules. 



Value of ground maize cobs, R. II. Gennys {Agr. Gaz. .Y. »S'. Wales, 11 

 (IflOd). \o. 5. pp. -'/7.), '/IH. pg. 1). — Data are summarized regarding the compo- 

 sition and feeding value of corn-and-cob meal, and a test brietiy noted in wluch 



