368 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. 



Reporter, 75 (WOO), No. 21, pp. 2SO-3,S(?).— This is an aadress before the Inter- 

 state Cotton-Seed Crushers Association, noted on p. 307 of tliis issue. 



Experiments at tlie State stations are cited to sliow tlie value of cotton-seed 

 meal as a feed and as a fertilizer, and statistics are given to show tlie loss to the 

 cotton-producing States by not retaining the entire product at borne. An addi- 

 tional waste has also resulted because only two-tbirds of the seed is sent to the 

 crushers, this causing a loss in 1907 of oil estimated at $37,235,070. It is sug- 

 gested that the cotton-seed crushers should cooperate with the growers in re- 

 ducing this loss and that they organize breeding associations to encourage 

 southern farmers to keep better grades of stock. 



The utilization of straw for feeding purposes after the metliod of Leh- 

 mann, B. Bauuiedl and O. Fallaua {Mitt. Chcm. Tech. Vers. Stat. Cent. Ver. 

 Riihcnz. Jndiis. Ostcrr.-Uiiffur., No. 204, pp. 14-32).— This article describes 

 methods of steaming, treating with caustic soda, and other methods of so 

 utilizing waste straw as to inci-case the coetiicient of digestibility. 



The preparation of molasses feeds from beet stalks according' to the 

 method of Rosam, O. Fallada (Mitt. Vliciii. Tech. \'('rs. Stat. Vent, ^'cr. 

 Riibcnz. Indus. Ostcrr.-Ungar., No. 20,3, pp. 10-13). — The method of mixing and 

 utilizing these two by-products ( E. S. K.. TO. p. oSf)) is described. 



The use of saccharin feeding' stuffs, Kellneb {Arh. Dcut. Latidw. Gcsell., 

 1909, No. 152, pp. 72). — This is a digest of feeding experiments with molasses, 

 molasses chips, beet molasses, sugar, sugar beets, sugar chips, and numerous 

 connnercial mixtures of sugar and molasses with other sul)stances. About one- 

 half of the work is a summary of the findings of tlerman investigators; the 

 other half reports the replies of practical farmers in answer to questions con- 

 cerning their experience in feeding saccharin mixtures to different kinds of 

 live stock. 



[Feeding experiments], J. H. Grisdale (Cuiiuda E-vpt. Fiirms Rpts. 1907, 

 pp. (}f/-77). — In experiments in feeding frozen wheat to steers 4 lots of S steers 

 each were fed for 70 days. The roughage consisted of silage, roots, oat straw, 

 clover, and oat bay. The lot fed a grain ration of frozen wheat and crushed 

 oats, in the ratio of 2.5: 2, made an average daily gain of 2.15 lbs. per head at a 

 cost of 0.31 cts. per pound. The lot fed frozen wheat and bran, 2.78 ; 2.GG, made 

 an average daily gain per head of 2.07 lbs. at a cost of G.2S cts. per pound. The 

 lot fed gluten and bran, 2.5 : 3.17, made an average daily gain per head of 2.71 

 lbs. at a cost of 5.33 cts. per pound. The lot fed frozen wheat and bran, 2.2 : 8.3, 

 made an average daily gain per bead of 2.4 lbs. at a cost of 5.5 cts. per pound. 



In baby beef experiments 6 calves dropped in 1906 and finished in May, 1908, 

 were fed a limited growing ration. During 731 days they made an average 

 daily gain of 1.29 lbs. per head at a cost of 4.88 cts. per pound. Another lot 

 fed a full fattening ration made in 627 days an average daily gain per head 

 of 1.49 lbs. at a cost of 4.63 cts. per pound. 



An experiment was also made in feeding frozen wheat to pigs for a period of 

 56 days. The following were the average daily gains per bead : On frozen 

 wheat and shorts, in the ratio .2: 1, 0.76 lb. at a cost of 4.3 cts. per pound; on 

 frozen wheat and corn, 2: 1, 1.03 lbs. at a cost of 4.5 cts. per pound for one lot, 

 and 0.94 lb. at a cost of 5.6 cts. per pound for another; on frozen wheat alone, 

 0.94 lb. at a cost of 3.6 cts. per pound for one lot and 0.86 lb. at a cost of 4.3 cts. 

 per pound for another ; on frozen wheat and barley, 2 : 1, 0.81 lb. at a cost of 

 4.3 cts. per pound ; on frozen wheat and oats, 2 : 1, 0.83 lb. at a cost of 4.7 cts. 

 per pound; on frozen wheat and skim milk, 0.86 lb. at a cost of 3.8 cts. per 

 pound ; and on shorts, corn, flour, and skim milk, 0.92 lb. at a cost of 4.8 cts. 

 per pound. 



