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phosphate being* considered superior for the purpose to hone meal, 

 bone ash, or similar very indigestible materials. 



Cases are on record in Hawaii where cattle have become diseased 

 from the lack of lime in grass fodder. When such conditions, indi- 

 cated by emaciation, soft bones, etc., arise a veterinarian should be 

 consulted. 



CONCLUSION. 



While the analyses reported in this bulletin are not considered suffi- 

 ciently numerous to warrant any extended comparison of Hawaiian 

 feeding stuffs with one another or with those of other regions, or to 

 justify elaborate discussion of the best ways of utilizing the various 

 feeding stuffs in Hawaiian practice, they do show that the Hawaiian 

 feeder has at his command a quite large and varied assortment of feed- 

 ing stuffs, many of which are of high nutritive value, and it is believed 

 that the information given in the bulletin will aid the feeder in select- 

 ing from the feeding stuffs available those which will give him the 

 cheapest and most efficient rations for his stock. 



A fact of special significance brought out by the bulletin is that 

 Hawaiian feeding stuffs, especially those of the grass family, are as a 

 rule deficient in lime and that in order to get the best results in bone 

 development, health, etc.. of animals, these feeding stuffs should prob- 

 ably be supplemented by others richer in lime, such as leguminous 

 plants, algeroba beans, sugarhouse (molasses) wastes, or by the use 

 of more lime either in the drinking water, mixed with the feeds used, 

 or applied to the soils growing the forage crops. 



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