Feeding prickly pear to stock in Texas (1906) (14594382557)

Identifier: feedingpricklype00grif (find matches)

Title: Feeding prickly pear to stock in Texas

Year: 1906 (1900s)

Authors: Griffiths, David, 1867- (from old catalog)

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Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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- pear they would cat. Duringthe next four days the sorghum hay was gradually reduced so that by BUL. No. 91, B. A. I. Plate 1.

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Fig. 2.—Cow No. 13. Cows Used in the Milking Test. lli<itKrii))lR(l Kcljniiiry 22, VMt. FEEDING PEKIODS. 13 February 18, when the second period began, cactus formed the onlyroughage fed. Period II extended over eighteen days. During thetwelve days immediately following Period II the roughage fed cowNo. 12 was gradually changed from cactus to sorghum hay, so thatduring the third period of the experiment, which lasted fourteen days,the roughage fed cow No. 12 consisted entirely of sorghum hay, whilethat fed cow No. 13 consisted entirely of cactus. During the sevendays between Periods III and IV the roughage of each cow was com-pletely changed, in the case of one from sorghum hay to cactus, andin the other from cactus to sorghum hay. Period IV lasted fifteendays. It will be noted that these cows at the close of the first period ofthis experiment had been fed without change of ration for sixty-sevendays. During the experiment the roughage fed each cow was changedfirst to cact

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