FEEDING BEEF CATTLE IN MISSISSIPPI. 



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in the morning along with the two pounds of cottonseed meal and 

 bran, making a total of twelve pounds of cornmeal per day. 



The object in mixing the feeds was to induce the cattle to eat 

 as much of the cheaper and coarse feeds as possible and also to get 

 as much benefit from the cottonseed meal and corn as could be obtained 

 by having the greater share of it pass into the first stomach (rumen) 

 where it would be brought up and remasticated before passing on 

 through the other stomach and intestines. This method of feeding 

 gives very satisfactory results and is gaining in favor rapidly. 



SHIPPING. 



At the close of the experiment the cattle were driven to Starkville, 

 a distance of one mile, for shipment to St. Louis. They were forty- 

 eight (48) hours on the road and on arriving at the stock yards were 

 divided into lots as they were fed. This was done to note the comments 

 of the several buyers on the condition of the cattle and the difference 

 in price offered if any. 



LOT IV. 



They were examined by expert buyers from three of the largest 

 packing houses and with the exception of the small lot (No. 3), they 

 decided there was practically no difference in the value and condition 



