WASTE-PRODUCT RATIONS. 



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should be no further delay in instituting these experi- 

 ments. They would reach a broader interest in agriculture 

 than any other single set of experiments could. They 

 would necessarily take in the comparative aptitude of the 

 different breeds for laying on flesh and fat, secreting milk, 

 and growing wool; or, in other words, would determine 

 the most economical meat, milk and wool-producing breeds 

 under precisely the same circumstances. 



WASTE-PRODUCTS IN CATTLE-EATIONS. 



As we have given a long list of refuse products in the 

 tables, let us give special applications of some of the most 

 easily obtained of these in fattening cattle. We will sup- 

 pose the feeder to be within easy reach of large quantities 

 of corn-sugar meal, and that it contains 28 Ibs. of dry mat- 

 ter to the hundred pounds, as found at the manufactory, 

 and its cost is 25 cents per barrel, or 12> cents per 100 Ibs. 

 It would not be profitable to handle it at a higher price, 

 where the distance of carriage is more than five miles, and 

 it may often be obtained at 20 per cent. less. A great 

 variety of combinations may be given, among which take 

 the following : 



RATIONS FOR FATTENING CATTUB. 

 Per 1,000 Lbs. Weight. 



