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N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The data given in Table 1 will be of considerable aid to cattle feeders 

 if they will follow the general plan outlined of increasing the cotton- 

 seed meal part of the ration as given therein. These rations are figured 

 out on a basis of one steer, ten steers and multiples of ten up to one* 

 hundred. By selecting the horizontal column giving the number of 

 steers being fed, the proper bi-weekly increase of meal may be deter- 

 mined by the figures following to the right of the page. For example, 

 if thirty steers are being fed, they should receive 15' pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal each feed the first half of the week, 22.5 pounds each feed 

 the last half of the week, 30 pounds each feed the beginning of the 

 second week, and so on through the period until they are on a full 

 ration of 210 pounds the fifth week, which makes the total ration for 

 each steer seven and one-half pounds daily. 



It will very likely not be best to increase the meal to the amount 

 indicated in the last half of the sixth week for the final period unless 

 the steers are of an unusual weight. With present knowledge of the sub- 

 ject, it is suggested that seven to seven and one-half pounds should con- 

 stitute the maximum daily ration o.f meal during the final period. 



TABLE 1. GIVING THE QUANTITIES OF COTTONSEED MEAL IN POUNDS TO FEED 

 DURING SUCCESSIVE STAGES OF THE PRELIMINARY PERIOD. 



