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" Feeders who have had experience with the meal will prob- 

 ably be able to exceed these recommendations, which, however, 

 allow the use of enough meal to greatly improve a corn diet. 

 One pound of cottonseed meal to five of corn furnishes the 

 nutrients in the most desirable proportions for fattening, while 

 one or two of corn are more nearly correct for young, growing 

 stock." 



Cottonseed Meal with Corn and Rice. Bulletin 135 of 

 the Texas Experiment Station reports further trials of cotton- 

 seed meal with corn chop and rough red rice. One group of 

 hogs weighed 99 pounds each, and the other 131 pounds each 

 when the test commenced. At the start, one group of ten hogs 

 was fed 6.5 pounds cottonseed meal and 16.5 pounds of corn 

 chop daily, and the other group of ten hogs was fed 7.5 pounds 

 of cottonseed meal and 16.5 pounds of rice. Towards the close 

 of the experiment, lot 1 was fed 12.5 pounds of cottonseed 

 meal and 78 pounds of corn chop, and lot 2 was fed 15 pounds 

 cottonseed meal and 70 pounds of rice daily. At first the 

 feed was given fresh, but about a month later all feed was 

 fermented. 



The hogs made satisfactory gains, and no evil effect was 

 observed at any time. The author states that the Station has 

 hopes that further experience will remove any need for uneasi- 

 ness when feeding cottonseed meal. 



Hogs following cattle which are fed a considerable amount 

 of cottonseed meal in their ration do not appear to be in- 

 juriously affected, though there seem to be exceptions to this 

 rule. Just how much cottonseed meal can be fed to cattle with- 

 out injury to the hogs following them, does not appear to be 

 definitely settled. Prof. E. T. Bobbins, of the Iowa Experi- 

 ment Station, writing to the Breeder s Gazette, reviews the ex- 

 perience of cattle feeders in connection with this problem, and 

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