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Feeds and Feeding. 



668. Johnson-grass hay. — Moore of the Mississippi Station^ found 

 Johnson-grass hay nearly as valuable as cowpea hay when corn silage, 

 cotton-seed meal, and wheat bran were the other feeds given. Had 

 less rich and palatable concentrates been fed, Johnson-grass hay would 

 probably have shown but half to two-thirds of the value of the cow- 

 pea hay. (233) 



669. Bermuda hay. — Lloyd of the Mississippi Station,^ studying 

 the returns from a herd of 30 to 60 cows during 3 years, concludes 

 that Bermuda hay equals timothy hay for milk and butter produc- 

 tion. (232) 



670. Salt-marsh hay. — Lindsey and Jones of the Massachusetts 

 (Hatch) Station^ found in trials with 12 cows, covering 7 months, 

 that where 10 lbs. of various kinds of salt-marsh hay was given daily 

 in place of an equal weight of English hay, the milk flow was de- 

 creased from 2 to 5 per ct. They state: "When fed directly after 

 milking, no objectionable flavor could be detected in the milk or but- 

 ter. It is possible that if these hays were cut very soon after being 

 covered by the tide they would then produce a disagreeable flavor." 



671. Cotton-seed hulls. — IMoore of the Mississippi Station,* in 

 feeding trials with dairy cows, found 100 lbs. of well cleaned cotton- 

 seed hulls equal to 67 lbs, of prime Johnson-grass hay. Soule of the 

 Texas Station^ found cotton-seed hulls nearly equal to sorghum hay 

 for cows, Nourse of the Virginia Station*' considers cotton-seed hulls 

 about equal to oat straw in feeding value. Conner of the South Caro- 

 lina Station'^ found cotton-seed hulls decidedly inferior to corn stover 

 in feeding value. Cotton-seed hulls furnish a roughage of fair value 

 in carbohydrates, but are very deficient in crude protein (193) 



672. Alfalfa hay and fodder com v. alfalfa hay. — During 4 sea- 

 sons at the Utah Station'' Linfield fed 2 lots of cows as shown below, 

 the concentrates supplied consisting of half wheat bran and half 

 wheat, barley, or corn meal: 



Alfalfa hay and fodder corn compared, ivith alfalfa hay. 



