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Feeds and Feeding. 



are given as representing the territory interested and furnishing 

 data concerning the important points of the subject: 



Besulta obtained with steers fed cotton seed in various forms at 

 Southern Experiment Stations. 



Resulta by McConnell, Texas Station.^ 



K at 



Feed for 100 lbs. of ealn. 



Lbs. 



268 Cotton-seed meal..., 

 264 Roasted cotton seed 

 256 Boiled cotton seed. 

 276 Haw cotton seed.... 



185 CottonHseed meal... 

 229 Roasted cotton seed 

 233 Boiled cotton seed. 

 246 Raw cotton seed_.., 



Lbs. 



388 hulls.. 

 322 corn... 

 372 corn... 

 269 corn... 

 694 corn... 



252 hulls.. 

 312 coru... 

 368 corn... 

 291 corn... 

 769 corn... 



Lba. 



1074 silage. 

 216 hay. 

 201 hay. 

 276 hay. 

 371 hay. 



TlSsllaee. 

 158 hay. 

 128 hay. 

 155 bay. 

 185 hay. 



> Bui. 27. ' Bui. 93, • 3d Ann. Rept. Ark. Expt. Sta. « Bui. 34, 2d Ser. 



This table shows the high value of the cotton seed, whether 

 raw, roasted or boiled, and also of its by-product, cotton-seed , 

 meal, for beef production. No grain raised at the North equals it, 

 pound for pound, for beef production. When we reflect that for 

 every pound of cotton fiber grown there are two pounds of seed, 

 no argument is needed to convince us that the South is capable 

 of producing the beef required for home consumption. 



Connell found, as shown by the preceding table, that the cheap- 

 est ration was raw cotton seed with about equal weights of corn 



