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than the values reported for m ratios of cotton-seed meal and hulls. The 

 maximum amounl of rice polish eaten was 2.5 lbs. per head per day. 



The feeding value of rice hulls was also studied. It was the intention to 

 substitute these for cotton-seed hulls, hut the cattle would not eal 8 sufficient 

 quantity and the ration finally selected consisted of rice hulls, cotton-seed 

 hulls, cotton-seed meal, and rice bran. The average daily gain was 1.86 lhs. 

 and the cosl of a pound of gain L35 cts. On a similar ration without the rice 

 hulls the average values were 2.17 lbs. and 1.6 cts. 



When sorghum hay, cowpea hay, and peanut bay were tested .-is substitutes 

 for cotton-seed hulls, the grain ration, consisting of cotton-seed meal and rice 

 bran, the greatest gain, 2.35 lhs. per head per day, was obtained with sorghum, 

 the cost of ;i pound of gain being 4.6 cts., similar values on a ration of rice 

 bran, cotton-seed meal, and cotton-seed hulls, selected for comparison, being 

 2.98 lbs. and 3.1 cts. The least satisfactory gain, 1.86 lhs. per day at a cost of 

 L5 cts., was obtained with peanut hay. A test with prairie hay was also 

 made, hut as it covered only i weeks final conclusions were not drawn. The 

 average daily gain was :;.ii n.s. pet- head. 



In a 100-day trial, alfalfa hay and corn-and-cob meal, a typical corn-bell 

 ration, were compared with cotton-seed meal and hulls, a typical cotton-bell 



ration, the average gain pet" head in the - cases being 2.53 and '2.-\ lhs. and the 

 <ost of feed per pound of gain 7 and 4.6 cts. "It will he seen . . . that 



alfalfa and corn-cob meal produce slightly more satisfactory u r ains, hut. under 

 conditions existing in the greater pari of Texas, it will hardly he possible to 

 make a pound of gain as cheaply as on a ration consisting of cotton-seed meal 

 and hulls."' 



The average daily gain on a ration of molasses with cottonseed meal and 

 hulls was ."». 1 lhs. per head at a cost of 1..TJ cts. per pound as compared with 

 2.59 lhs. and 4.66 cts. on a similar ration without the molasses. ' 



Shelled corn, ear corn, and cotton-seed meal supplementing pasturage gave 

 better results than the corn alone, the average daily ^ r ain in the 1' cases being 

 1.1 lhs. and 0.S7 lb. and the cost of a pound of gain 3.6 and 4.6 cts. 



In these trials part of the animals fed were yearlings and the others two- 

 year-olds. "Yearling steers in comparison with two-year-old steers on rations 

 of cotton-seed meal and hulls made about 1 he same ^ r ain at a little cheaper cost 

 The two-year-old steers gained 2.59 lhs. per head daily and the yearlings 2.21 lhs." 



Silage, hay, and stover in beef making, A. M. Sot it; and J. R. Fain ( Vir- 

 ginia Sta. Bui. 157, j>/>. 35-64> l'"' s - '">• — Corn silage, corn stover, and timothy 

 hay were compared, as were also linseed meal and cotton-seed meal, supple- 

 menting corn-and-cob meal, the rations being so arranged that each of the coarse 

 fodders was fed with the 2 grain mixtures. 



The 6 lots used in the trial were each made up of ."» steers and 5 heifers, and 

 the test covered iso days. The largest gain, L.59 lhs. per animal per day. or 1.66 

 lhs. per steer ami L.51 lhs. per heifer, was obtained with the lot fed silage with 

 (Jbrn-and-COb meal and linseed meal. The lot fed silage with cotton-seed meal 

 in addition to corn-and-cob meal did not do as well, gaining only 1.."..". lhs. per 

 head per day on an average, <>r 1.35 lhs. per steer and !.."» lhs. per heifer. These 

 two rations, the authors point out. were decidedly superior to the others tested. 



The ration containing shredded corn stover and linseed meal gave an average 

 daily gain of 0.93 lb. per head, and that containing shredded coin stover and 

 cotton-seed meal a gain of l.oi lhs. On the ration containing timothy hay and 

 COrn-and-COb meal with linseed meal and cotton-seed meal, respectively, the 

 gains were 1.15 lbs. and 1.05 lhs. per head per day. 

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