FEEDING BABY BEEVES. .9 



Based on the analyses given in Table 1, the digestible nutrients of 

 each feed are presented in Table 2. 



TABLE 2. 



All the calculations pertaining to the financial results of the experi- 

 ment are based on the following prices for feeding stuffs, these prices 

 representing the actual cost of the feeds in the barn and in the silo at 

 the feeding and breeding farm, where the experiment was conducted : 



Cotton seed meal $35.00 per ton. 



Peanut meal (hulls included) 28.00 per ton. 



Cold-pressed cotton seed 24.00 per ton. 



Milo chaps 23.80 per ton. 



Corn silage 3.50 per ton. 



Sorghum silage 3.50 per ton. 



Sudan hay 10.00 per ton. 



Cotton seed hulls 10.00 per ton. 



Black strap molasses, at 16 Jc a gallon... 27.00 per ton. 



PLAN OF EXPERIMENT. 



Each lot of calves was subjected to the same conditions throughout 

 the experiment except in respect to the rations. Each lot occupied a 

 pen GOxlOO feet and had access to a shed open on the south side. Water 

 from a deep well was supplied in galvanized iron troughs in the open 

 pen, and granular salt in small wooden troughs under the shed, so that 

 the calves had free access to both at all times. The hay racks were 

 under the shed, but the troughs for the concentrates and silage were 

 in the open. Except in the case of hay, all feeds were supplied regu- 

 larly twice daily, early in the morning and late in the afternoon, the 

 rations being equally divided between the two feeds. The concentrates 

 and silage in the cases of Lots 1, 2, and 3 and the concentrates, silage, 

 and hulls in the case of Lot 4, were thoroughly mixed together by 

 hand in the troughs. The hay was placed in the racks in the morning, 

 a sufficient quantity being allowed for the whole day. 



At the beginning and again at the end of the experiment each lot 

 was weighed every day for three successive days, and the initial and 

 final weights, herein reported, represent the respective averages. A 

 single weight of each lot was obtained every thirty days. The weighing 

 was clone each time between 10:00 and 11:00 a. m. 



