922 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



15 lbs. cut hay and finely cut corn fodder, 4 lbs. wheat bran, 2 lbs. cotton-seed 

 meal, 6 lbs. corn meal; the whole mixed together. On Sundays a change is 

 allowed to whole grain, oats and corn, and uncut hay." 



Cottonseed meal for pigs (p]). 42G, 427, 433-430). — Two pigs, weigMug 

 about 90 lbs. each, were fed the same ration, except tbat one received 

 corn meal and the other an equal amount of cotton- seed meal. 



"As the result of feeding cotton-seed meal, it may be stated that 4 oz. were fed per 

 day with 32 oz. of wheat bran for 20 days, and 20 oz. per day of cotton-seed meal 

 with 40 oz. of wheat bran for the following 21 days were fed and nearly all con- 

 sumed by a hearty pig, without faltering; but when 2 lbs. per day were fed, the pig 

 refused to eat so much, and became sick on what was eaten, but recovered on a corn 

 diet. . . . 



"Later a little more cotton-seed meal was fed, but, rather than risk the loss of 

 the pig, it was dropped. After feeding a period on corn meal, both were slauglitered 

 and comparisons of live and dressed weights were made. The pig which was fed 

 on cotton-seed meal weighed 25 lbs. less than the other, and dressed 71.21 per cent 

 of live Aveight. The pig fed on corn meal dressed 73.68 per cent of live weight." 



Cotton-seed meal for calves (pp. 427, 436-439). — Three calves were fed 

 skim milk to which one fourth to one half a pound of cotton-seed meal 

 was added. After feeding a month or a mouth and a half all of the 

 calves died. 



" The death of one was due to licking up or eating sand. The other two are sup- 

 posed to have been victims of some toxic agent in the cotton-seed meal which power- 

 fully affects the nervous system. Tliis apparently attacked three mature cows, 

 probably causing the death of one." 



Feeding sMm milk to lambs (p. 428). — Ten lambs were fattened on 

 skim milk with wheat bran, oats, corn, and green clover. All of the 

 lambs were very wild. The tabulated financial result shows that "not 

 only was nothing received for the separated milk which was fed, but 

 there was a loss on the other food eaten." 



A pig feeding test (pp. 428, 429, 440-447). — Four pigs, weighing from 

 75 to IOC lbs., were fed in 10-day periods to test 5 different rations com- 

 posed of wheat bran, cowpea meal, and corn meal mixed in different 

 proportions. The rations for all the pigs were the same except that 

 the food for one was mixed with a little hot water and allowed to stand 

 from one feeding to the next; for another was mixed to a thin slop; for 

 a third was mixed with cold water, and for a fourth fed dry. Skim 

 milk or buttermilk was added to the food. The results of the trial are 

 fully tabulated. 



"The addition of sufficient cold water to the grain to make the ration sloppy gave 

 tlie poorest result in gain, while the dry food gave the best result. 



"As to the result of the feeding, the gain in weight paid for the value of the grain 

 fed, and paid also for the separated milk for the 50 days' feeding, from 1.4 cts. to 2.03 

 cts. per gallon. Duriug the last 50 days there was not enough gain in live weight 

 to pay for tlie grain fed, and consequently nothing was received for the milk," 



A system of feeding young calves (pp. 429, 430, 448, 449). — Eeceipts 

 are given for foods used at the station for young calves in changing 

 from cows' milk to skim milk. These consisted for the most part of 

 whole milk, skim milk, and linseed meal in different proportions. 



