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One of the lots was given hay and turnips only, and the others were fed linseed 

 cake, Bombay cotton-seed cake, and grain mixtures containing Bombay cotton-seed 

 cake or decorticated cotton-seed cake, tn the 93 days of the test the total gain on 

 turnips and hay alone was 1,040 lbs. and the gross cosl per pound of gain 7.:;l' cts. 

 In the east- of the lots fed grain in addition to the basal ration the <_r;t i 1 1 ranged from 

 1,252 lbs. on wheat, decorticated cotton-seed cake, and cotton seed to 1,461 Ihs. on 

 linseed cake and the gross cost of a pound of gain from 6.70 cts. on Bombay cotton- 

 seed eake to 8.22 cts. "ii a mixture of wheat, decorticated cotton-seed cake, and cot- 

 ton seeil. 



When dressed the weighl was very uniform, being about 51 per cenl of the live 

 weight in every case. Considering the test as a whole the conclusion was drawn 

 that Bombay cotton-seed cake was the mosl satisfactory of the concentrated feeds 

 tested. A.n examination of the dressed carcasses showed that the animals fed this 

 material were very superior to the others in appearance. The greatest financial 

 return per acre of turnips was noted with the lots fed the Bombay cotton-seed cake. 



On the presence of cotton-seed oil in lards from hogs fed upon cotton-seed 

 meal, A. D. Emmett and II. 8. Grindley {Jour. Amer. Chem. Soc, 97 (1905), No. S, 

 lip. 963-270). — The presence of vegetable oil and cotton-seed oil was shown by sev- 

 eral tests with samples of lard from pigs fed cotton-seed meal. 



It is evident, according to the authors. " first, that the lards contain a vegetable 

 oil, and second, if we agree with the most recent authorities, they contain :; distinct 

 constituents of cotton-seed oil. Hence, it seems safe to say that a part at least of the 

 oil existing in cotton-seed meal is absorbed, in the case of hogs fed upon this ration, 

 by the animal body and transmitted in its unaltered condition to the fat cells." 



Feeding- farm horses, L. A. Merrill I Utah Farmers' Vast. Ann. 1904, />/>. ',.;- 

 49). — Information regarding the feeding and management of horses is presented, 

 some of the data being based on the experience of the Utah Station. The principal 

 points are thus summarized: 



"The amount of hay fed to horses on the average Utah farm can he very materially 

 reduced, and if this he done it will result in (a) great financial saving to the State, 

 and i h i the elimination of many digestive disorders to which our horses are subject. 



"Horses should receive most of the hay at night, very little in the morning, and 

 none at all for the noon meal. A.1 ways water before feeding. Oats make the hot 

 grain feed for horses, hut these can he replaced by bran and shorts, or supplemented 

 by corn. 



"Carrots and sugar-heet pulp have a marked beneficial effect in horse feeding, 

 serving as a laxative and a tonic, as well as enabling tin- horse to digest the hay and 

 grain more effectively. Horses may eat as much as 40 lbs. of sugar-heet pulp daily. " 



Poultry culture in Minnesota, ('. S. Greene (Minnesota Sta. J!"/. 91, pp. :•'.>- 

 958, figs. .'). — <>n the basis of personal experience, general questions of feeding, rais- 

 in-, and marketing poultry are discussed. < me section of the bulletin is devoted to 



turkeys. 



Poultry under confinement, .1. Withycombe ( Oregon Sta. /-'"/. 84, pp. 8, fig. l \. 

 Data are given regarding the financial returns from a Hock of 24 White Plymouth 

 Rock pullets, ■"> old hens, and a cock, the test covering l year. The total number of 

 eggs produced was 3,529. 



Seventy-five chickens were raised from a total of 100 eggs set. "The low percent- 

 age of hatch of home-produced eggs was evidently due t«» too many hens to one 

 male." Although the cost of feed was abnormally high, the flock yielded a profit of 

 lsn p r r c-nt on the original investment of *l 5. "This test demonstrates conclusively 

 that a small Hock of poultry may he profitably kept under confinement; [and] that 

 early hatched pullets are more profitable than late hatched ones." 



Winter egg production, .1. Dry den | Utah Farmers' Inst. Ann. 1904, />}>■ 84-98, 

 fig. l). — Feeding, care, and management of hens and construction of poultry houses 



