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Ration No. 2 : Cow pea hay, 15 lbs. ; corn silage, 40 

 \bs. ; wheat bran, 5 lbs. 



Ration No. 3: Cotton seed hulls, 20 lbs.; cotton 

 seed meal, 4 lbs. ; wheat bnan, 5 lbs. 



Ration No. 4: Cow pea hay, 10 lbs.; cotton seed 

 hulls, 15 lbs. ; cotton seed meal, 3 lbs. 



Ration No. 5: -Cow pea hay, 10 lbs.; Bermuda 

 grass hay, 10 lbs. ; wheat bran, 3 lbs. ; cotton seed, 6 

 pounds. • 



Ration No. 6 : Bermuda grass hay, 18 lbs. ; cotton 

 seed meal, 2 lbs.; wheat bran, 3 lbs.; corn and cob 

 meal, 3 lbs. 



Ration No. 7 : Cow pea hay, 15 lbs. ; cotton seed, 

 8 lbs. ; corn meal, 6 lbs. 



Ration No. 8 : Sorghum hay, 20 lbs. ; cow pea hay, 

 10 lbs. ; cotton seed meal, 3 lbs. 



Ration No. 9 : Alfalfa, 15 lbs. ; cotton seed hulls, 12 

 lbs. ; cotton seed meal, 3 lbs. 



Ration No. 10: Crab grass hay, 15 lbs.; cowpea 

 hay, 12 lbs. ; cotton seed, 6 Ibsu 



North Carolina College of Agriculture. — ^.rohn 

 Michels, Professor of Animal Husbandry and 

 Dairying, West Ealeigh, takes a position in re- 

 gard to the feeding of cottonseed hulls which 

 will interest all sonthem dairymen: 



The dairy rations submitted would meet North 

 Carolina conditions. These rations are calculated for 

 cows yielding from 28 lbs. to 32 lbs. of milk of good 

 quality. You may be surprised that I have not in- 

 cluded cotton seed hulls, a common feed with us. I 

 •wish to say that the cost alone of this material abso- 

 lutely precludes its feeding, and if the cost were rea- 



