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tlie trial was .f 7.25 per head. The steers were sold at 4 cents per pound 

 live weijiht, Tlie net returns froin tlie feeding-, not takiiifj the value of 

 the luaiiiirc into account, ranged with the individual animals from 

 $0.80 to .S10..57. 



Feeding cotton-seed hulls and meal for production of 

 BEEF, F. E. Emery, B. S. (pp. 11-21).— Fit-fit experiment (pp. II-IS).— 

 This was with four animals, two native steers about 3 years old and 

 two grade Shorthorn heifers. One heifer and one steer received cotton- 

 seed meal and hulls exclusively; the other two animals received cotton- 

 seed meal and htdls, with the addition of sweet potatoes or corn silage 

 in the case of the heifer and of corn stover or silage in the case of the 

 steer. The trial lasted from November 12, 1S90, to January 31, 1891. 

 The animals were bought at the beginning of the trial at 3 cents and 

 sold at the close at 3.5 cents per [xnind live weight. The tabulated 

 results show very little difference in the gains made by the animals. 

 The best financial results were obtained with the steer receiving corn 

 stover or silage in addition to the meal and hulls, and the next best by 

 the steer and heifer receiving cotton-seed meal and hulls exclusively'. 



iSecond experiment (pp. 18-Ul). — Four oxen were fed for four periods 

 of 20 days each, to compare cottonseed hulls and corn silage when 

 fed with cotton-seed meal. In the first period all received silage; in 

 the second and third, two received silage and two others cotton-seed 

 hulls ; and in the fourth period all received silage. The food consumed, 

 gains made, and the financial results are tabulated. The latter are 

 based on cotton-seed meal at >^'2\, hulls at $2.50, and silage at $5 per 

 ton, and beef at 3.5 cents per pound. "In this experiment silage at 

 $1 per ton wcmld about equal cotton-seed hulls at $2.50 per ton, with- 

 out cost of transportation." 



Third experiment (pp. 21, 22). — One cow fed for 57 days (April to June) 

 on cotton seed hulls and meal, with small additions of silage, clover, or 

 prickley comfrey, gained 111 pounds live Aveight at a cost for food of 

 $5.31. She was purchased at 2.5 cents per pound and sold at 3,5 cents, 

 giving a net profit of $0.37, exclusive of manure. 



An 880-pound bull stag fed from July 4 to September 1 exclusively 

 on cotton-seed hulls and meal gained 141 ]»ounds live weight at a cost 

 for food of $5.24. ''This left a fair profit for the feeding under cover 

 during warm weather." 



Summafji of results thus far ohtained in these fccdiur/ exj)€riments. 



(1) All the animals in these experiments remained iu a healthy eomlition and at 

 no time did their digestion seem impaired except with two steers in the first trial. 



(2) Cotton-seed hnlls and meal are nnqnestionably very cheap and valuable arti- 

 cles of cattle food for fattening purposes. 



(3) The most suitable time to fatten stock on cotton-seed hulls and meal is during 

 the fall and winter mouths, when these articles can be obtained fresh from the oil 

 mill. 



(4) If a supply of hulls and meal iskept over, stock thin in Hesh may be profitably 

 stall-fed on them for the block during the hot weather, if managed with proper 

 «are. 



