If, A COMPARISON OF COTTONSEED MEAL; COTTONSEED 
MEAL AND BROKEN-EAR CORN; AND COTTONSEED MEAL 
AND SHELLED CORN FOR FATTENING STEERS. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Since the boll weevil has done such damage in Mississippi the 
farmers have been turning very strongly to raising more live stock 
and more feeds for stock, such as corn and various kinds of hay. 
This has resulted in a greater interest in cattle feeding and a greatly 
increased corn crop. In many parts of.the prairie and brown-loam 
section of Mississippi there has been quite a large amount of corn 
and hay produce, which has been very hard to dispose of satisfac- 
torily because of poor roads, long distances from shipping points, and 
lack of knowledge regarding the marketing of such products. Under 
these conditions any definite information regarding the feeding of 
corn to beef cattle to be fattened for the market is of prime impor- 
tance. The farmers and plantation owners desire to know whether 
it is possible to market the corn at a good price through the cattle. 
To get definite information on this subject the Bureau of Animal 
Industry, cooperating with the Mississippi experiment station, con- 
ducted the feeding experiment describéd herein, using three carloads 
of grade Mississippi steers for the experiment. 
OBJECT AND PLAN OF WORK. 
The object of this experiment was to study the relative feeding 
value of cottonseed meal when fed alone, when supplemented with 
shelled corn, and when supplemented with broken-ear corn, as the 
concentrated part of the ration for fattening steers for the market. 
The steers arrived on the farm during late October and early 
November. From this time until November 24 they were run in 
good cornstalk pasture. The experiment involved no preliminary 
feeding period. About one-fourth of the steers had to be dehorned, 
which was done two weeks previously to the date on which the 
experiment began. On November 23 the steers were brought to the 
feeding pens and 75 of the best animals were selected from a total 
of 127 and divided into three lots of 25 each. The different lots 
were practically equal in size and quality. The general plan of the 
feeding work was the same as that outlined in previous experiments. 
Mr. N. F. Hanson, under the direction of Mr. S. 8. Jerdan, did the 
feeding and kept complete records of the work throughout the 
experiment. 
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