50 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



If the cottonseed meal is fed at the rate of three-quarters of a pound per 

 hundred pounds live weight, no trouble should arise from its use. A thousand 

 pound steer on full feed would get at this rate seven and one-half pounds per 

 day, which is a safe and efficient ration for a one hundred to one hundred and 

 twenty day feeding period. 



If a thousand pound steer is fed from 900 to 1,000 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 properly distributed over a feeding period of one hundred to one hundred and 

 twenty days the results should be satisfactory. 



After cattle once go on fattening feeds, they should be put in marketable 

 condition as rapidly as possible. Such a practice will insure larger financial 

 returns. Care should be taken, however, not to unduly increase the rations in 

 the beginning as trouble is likely to arise if too much cottonseed meal is given. 



A good grade of feeding cattle should gain at least two pounds per animal 

 daily, if properly fed. By using a better grade of cattle, the gains will not only 

 be increased, but the quality of the finished carcass will be better, and it will 

 sell for a higher price per pound. 



Considering the condition of the beef cattle industry of the State at present, 

 the most satisfactory financial results will be obtained usually by selling the 

 finished cattle at home. The average grade of cattle fed in the State at present 

 will not net as large returns on the central markets as en the home markets. 

 The farmer can afford to take from forty to fifty cents less per hundred pounds 

 live weight, and sell his cattle at home, thus avoiding the heavy shrinkage inci- 

 dent to shipping and the uncertainties of th central markets. 



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