The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-09-25

co5Gon seed and cotton meal ,,s.a ~
without corn, made more rani "a of
than hay and corn, and AZ - sam
Cattle not sheltered conspmad eoa1
food, and made less gain in ,v.s- .ose
than cattle fed under sheds. 50
From the result of this and otb..
periments we assume that exesrs "a :
favored and exceptional hay. pros pe;, Z
sections, cotton bulls in the viciaSa-
the oil mills, and corn and sorrl..s =
silage elsewhere in the State snau al
rough fodder in the cheapest form t. s Ky
cattle feeder as the basis Of food " Y.
tions; and we also assume that tbe - -.
method of handling cattle is to saw az ~
horns off close to the head, and feed ~ sIs
cattle under shelter, unless the wintas
is exceptionally dry.
An examination OF the tables 81 M
will show that steers dehorned ana ~
under shelter made larger gains tbsn
steers not dehorned and not sheltaros
and at less cost for food.
Several questions are put to the cats,.
and feed-stuffs in this experiment. bus
the two leading questions are:
/. What is the best to feed with COTS.
bulls. oa
2 What is the best to feed with silare, Is.
cidently we ask: ~
a. If sweetening the ration win makeh
more palatable to cattle
b. Is corn silagc better cattle food ,bs.
dry corn fodder?
C. What is the comparative yalua AZ 80.
ton seed and cotton meal for feeding
d. Is corn the best grain to feed with cor,
silage? sOlA
VIII changing the ration stimulate Il.
appetite and cause cattle to fatten mora
rapidly?
g. WIN hogs do as well running after Il.
iage and cotton meal fed cattle as after hav.
corn and cotSon seed fed cattle?
h. Will cotton seed improve the corn and
hay ration?
t. Is cotton hulls and cotton meal good
food to fatten sheep?
Here follow elaborate details Of tbe
experiments (too lengthy for our coI.
umns), which result in the following
CONCLUSIONS:
l. The experiments of the two win
ters show that of our different cattle
foods a ration made up of cotton hula
and cotton meal is equal, If not suue.
rior, to ration of any other two feed
stuffs used for fattening cattle, but
cheaper ration may be compounded q
silage and cotton seed, or of corn, hay
and cotton seed, at the prices given.
2. That the addition Of some other
feed-stuff to the cotton hull and cotton.
meal ration makes it more palatable to
cattle, and produces better results ia
gain in weight Corn meal, hay, silaee
and molasses, each one added to cotton
hulls and cotton meal, made larger
gains than bulls and meal alone, in the
order named, molasses giving the best
result.
3. OF the several rations containing
silage, silage, cotton hulls. and cotton
meal gave the best gains. Silage and
cotton meal second. Silage and boiled
Gotten seed third. Silage, corn and
cob meal, and cotton meal fourth.
Silage, corn and cob meal fifth. Dry
corn fodder did not give as large gain
as silage. Molasses did not improve tho
ration containing silage.
f. Cotton bulls and cotton meal with
hay, corn, silage and molasses gave
larger gains than silage and cotton
meal, or silage and cotton seed.
s. Cotton seed meal, with other feed
stuffs and folders, gave larger gains
than cotton seed with other feed-stuhs
and folders.
6. Cotton seed, with other feed-stufs
and folders, made gains at less cost for
food per pound gain than cotton meal
with other feed-stuffs and folders.
Z. After feeding any of the rations
used without change for sixty days, the
daily gain diminished until finally, in
some pens, it ceased entirely: but with
change of ration. the daily gain in Gil
the pens was largely increased, in some
pens exceeding the average of the first
period Of feeding.
8. Corn and hay alone is more costly,
and will not fatten cattle so rapidly as
rations containing cotton seed and cot
ton meal, with cotton bulls or silagei
and boiled cotton seed added to the
corn and hay ration makes more rapid
gain than corn and hay alone, and at
considerable less cost per pound for food
consumed.
9. The waste from cattle fed hay, corn,
silage and raw cotton seed was worth
considerable more for hogs running
after the steers than the waste from
cattle fed silage, cotton hulls and cote
ton-seed meal.