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Feeds and Feeding. 



are given as representing the territory interested and furnishing 

 data concerning the important points of the subject: 



Results obtained with steers fed cotton seed in various forms at 

 Southern Experiment Stations. 



Results by McConnell, Texas Station. 1 



Results by Emery, North Carolina Station. 3 



Results by Bennett and Menke, Arkansas Station. 3 



Results by Stubbs, Louisiana Station.* 



1 Bui. 27. a Bui. 93. 3 3d Ann. Rept. Ark. Expt. Sta. * Bui. 34, 2d Sen 



This table shows the high value of the cotton seed, whether 

 raw, roasted or boiled, and also of its by-product, cotton-seed 

 meal, for beef production. No grain raised at the North equals it, 

 pound for pound, for beef production. When we reflect that for 

 every pound of cotton fiber grown there are two pounds of seed, 

 no argument is needed to convince us that the South is capable 

 of producing the beef required for home consumption. 



Connell found, as shown by the preceding table, that the cheap- 

 est ration was raw cotton seed with about equal weights of corn 



