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Feeding Stuffs in January. 



[Jan., 



dislike to decorticated cotton cake was undoubtedly due to the 

 fact that, owing to ignorance, too heavy a quantity of this 

 feeding stuff was included in the ration, and digestive troubles 

 resulted. 



It might be well to emphasise once more that linseed sake, 

 soya bean cake and bran have a laxative effect, whereas common 

 €otton cake and beans are distinctly binding. 



(5) With regard to palatahleness, too much attention may 

 easily be paid to this point. The eagerness with which stock 

 will consume any given feeding stuff is no true criterion of its 

 feeding value. Stock will consume most feeding stuff's if suffi- 

 cient attention is paid to method of feeding, and if care is 

 taken to introduce any change in diet gradually. 



(6) The question of wholesomeness of a feeding stuff is one 

 to which the feeder cannot pay too much attention. Linseed 

 cake, oats and bran at once suggest themselves as suitable feeding 

 stuffs for most purposes. Stock feeders use such feeding stuffs 

 with confidence, but they do not readily use such 

 feeding stuffs as palm kernel cake, sesame cake, and 

 soya bean cake, although these three cakes are quite 

 wholesome if care is taken to feed in judicious quan- 

 tities. Some feeding stuffs occasionally contain poison, and 

 it is especially necessary to act with caution whenever a new 

 feeding stuff is on trial, or in any case where the cake fed is not 

 in good condition. The golden rule in such a case is to feed first 

 in small quantities and to one animal. 



Since last month feeding stuffs have fallen considerably in 

 price. Wet brewers' and distillers' grains still remain the 

 cheapest feeding stuffs, and palm kernel cake and meal and 

 maize are very profitable at present prices. 



