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Cowpea Hay. Cowpea hay when fed to steers 

 with corn as the grain ration produced a gain of 

 two and six-tenths pounds per head daily, while 

 timothy and the same corn ration made a gain of 

 one and six-tenths pounds, and corn fodder one 

 and nine-tenths pounds. Both clover and cow- 

 pea hay give a better market finish and a finer 

 coat to steers than timothy or corn fodder, with 

 corn as the exclusive grain ration. This is due to 

 the fact that leguminous hays balance the ration. 

 It is evident that these hays should not be sold, 

 but held on the farm and fed in the production 

 of meat. In Tennessee, cowpea hay has been 

 tested as a substitute for cotton seed meal, sub- 

 stituting two pounds of hay for one of meal. The 

 results from this experiment were very satisfactory, 

 a considerable increase in the gain being produced 

 by the partial substitution of cowpea hay for cotton 

 seed meal. When large crops of cowpea hay can 

 be produced cheaply throughout the South it is 

 obvious that this hay may be utilized to advan- 

 tage in replacing a portion of the corn meal, 

 cotton seed meal, or other portions of the grain 

 ration which are more expensive. Cowpea hay 

 cannot be so well substituted for cotton seed meal 

 in the case where the ration is succulent as where 

 the ration is dry. 



Johnson Grass. In the southern states cotton 

 seed hulls are fed sometimes as the exclusive rough- 

 age to steers. A test was made for the purpose 

 of comparing the feeding value of Johnson grass 

 hay with these hulls. In this test it appeared 

 that one pound of Johnson grass is equal to 

 one and two-tenths pounds of cotton seed hulls 

 for feeding purposes and is worth $10.00 per 

 ton. 



