i n I;AI. Lx I'KKIM KNT STATION. 



actual feeding experiment cover d a period of ^o] da.vs. from 



e\. ninv. of December '?n. r.i|.\ to ihe morning of .Inly S. l!lli: 



. : e. if the liu'hi preliminarv feeding from the tim-- of the calves" 



. November L until the morning of December % jo. i- included. 



re fed ? i; davs. 



The ration- per head daiiv foi 1 th> first th. re*- tiav- of the experiment 

 >ws : 



L' l 1 : ] \ p"uiii :.- col ton -eed mi ah 



'! pounds Lfiound niilo. 



1 i'i pounds corn si'age. 



'.I pounds Sudan bay. 



"3 pounds ground rnilo. 



Hi pounds ^ii'ii'lnini silage. 



1 ;, : pound.-. Suda]i hay. 



Lot )l : *>\ pound- cold-jnx-Sf-i'd cotton socd. 



V ])ounds ii'KHind inilo. 



1 o' pound- corn ^-ilagc. 



1 : ) ])ounds Sudan } \i\\\ 



Lot -1 : 1^ pounds (-oiiou seed inoal. 



''i pounds ground nn'lo. 



1 (! pounds corn silage. 



:> jtounds cotton -ocd liulls. 



. 



Lot '' and the eo'd-|)ress.vd cotton so d in Lol :">. likewiso, had been 

 i ner.-a.-od to ! pounds each per head daily. Thu-. the amount- of 

 each wrc continued throughout the experiment. It will he noted thai 

 twi e a- much of ( ach peanut meal and cold-pressed c-otion seed as o! 

 eoMon -"IM; meal Mr aniiuai \va- l'(-d. '!'he amount of hulls contained 

 'ii the two tir-t named fen!.- s \ a- the reason for dointf this. It should 

 hot ' ,' taken to mean, however, that it renuircs as iniK'b a- 'i pounds 

 "f itli'-r peanut meal or > ol(l-press('(l (-olton -eed to c<pial I pound (d 



-eed meal. The lot.- ivce j \ i i |u- peanut meal and eold-presseo 



'O 1 t' ii .-eed. it wi'l he -eeii. coiisiuiU'd a'.out half as much hav as the 



o f - rfeei\iiiLi' cotton -eed iu al. \\hich was to he expected, in view of 



ru'er r;ii:i mui meal and cold-press<-d cotton seed fed. 



l.ol '. Iir.vfver. ' cfore 1 he c\piration of the iir-t thirtv days of the 



Ihe point where it would not consume as much 



- anv of t ' li ( oth'-r lot-. In fact, this lot receiving peanut meal. 



dean IILI : ' l; ;t> much ci ipectii ' a h s as Lot )!. re(|iiired consider- 



