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three pounds of the former to one of the latter. 5. It is seen from these tests 

 that a home grown ration of shredded stover, cow pea vine hay and corn meal, 

 can be fed with success to a fair type of native cattle. This means much to 

 the farmers of Tennessee. Tennessee is admirably adapted to the production 

 of the cow pea. On good land two tons of this plant can be produced per 

 acre, yielding 431.6 pounds of protein, costing 4.63 per pound. Besides this 

 it stores up in the soil nitrogen which it gathers from the air. In view of 

 its value in feeding it should be cultivated much more extensively for this 

 purpose. 7. Cotton seed meal gave the better results when combined with 

 corn meal, in proportion of one pound of the former to one and a quarter 

 pounds of the latter, than when fed alone. 8. This experiment indicates 

 that native steers can be successfully fed at home at a fair profit. It further 

 indicates that all the corn stover now wasting in the fields should be shredded 

 and fed. 9. The tables bring out the importance of individuality in the 

 animal, and show the necessity of improving our feeding stocks by crossing 

 with pure bred sires. 10. The results of this experiment favor the use of a 

 ration of corn stover, cow pea vine hay and corn meal, in preference to one 

 of shredded corn stover, cotton seed bran and cotton seed meal. 11. Con- 

 formation and uniformity of type are important in cattle feeding, as they 

 materially affect the selling price. 12. The average gain in live weight in 

 group one was 1.99 and in group two, 1.75 pounds per day. The best 

 individual gain was 2.50 pounds, and the poorest, 1.53 pounds. 13. The 

 average cost for food for group one was $9.25; for group two, $12.63, a dif- 

 ference of $3.38 in favor of home produced rations. 14. The net cost 

 of a pound of gain with group one was 2.65 cents; with group two, 4.21 

 cents. This was chiefly due to the difference in market prices of the foods 

 fed. 15. Group one consumed an average of 7.70 pounds of dry matter; 

 group two, 9.32 pounds; group one consumed an average of 5.27 pounds of 

 digestible matter and group two, 5.10 pounds of digestible matter for a 

 pound of gain. 16. The average amount of water consumed by group one 

 per day was 42.90 pounds, and by group two, 43.51 pounds. The highest 

 amount consumed by any one individual was 50.36 pounds, and the lowest, 

 39.09 pounds. 17. The average live weight of group one was 956 pounds, 

 and of group two, 950.2 pounds. The average dressed weight of group one 

 was 527.6 pounds, and of group two, 529.5 pounds. The percentage of valu- 

 able meat in group one was 55.75, and in group two, 55.52. The highest 

 percentage of valuable meat with a single individual was 59.13 and the lowest 

 53.56. This is considerably below the standard for good cattle, but a single 

 cross would materially improve these results. 18. The average net increase 

 by feeding was $8.37 with group one, and $7.71 with group two. 19. The 



