68 Florida Agricultural Experiment Station RATIONS OF HOME-GROWN FEEDS (1) Velvet beans in the pod..................... 10 pounds Japanese cane, cured in shock.............. 10 pounds Cowpea hay .............................. 8 pounds (2) Velvet beans in the pod ................... 10 pounds Cottonseed meal .......................... 2 pounds Japanese cane ............................ 12 pounds (3) Velvet beans in the pod.................... 8 pounds Cowpea hay .............................. 10 pounds Japanese cane ............................ 10 pounds (4) Corn ............... .................... 3 pounds Velvet beans in the pod .................... 7 pounds Cowpea hay .............................. 9 pounds Japanese-cane silage ...................... 20 pounds (5) Velvet beans in the pod .................... 8 pounds Cowpea hay .............................. 10 pounds Sorghum, green .......................... 20 pounds (6) Velvet beans in the pod ................... 8 pounds Cowpea hay .............................. 8 pounds Crabgrass hay ........................... 8 pounds Sweet potatoes (or cassava) .............. 25 pounds With the exception of ration No. 2 in which cottonseed meal is used, the foregoing rations are made up of home-grown feeds or feeds that can be grown at home. Feeds can be grown more cheaply than they can be bought on the market. In these rations, cowpea hay can be replaced by an equal weight of beggarweed hay, velvet-bean hay or any other good legume hay. Which of these hays should be used will depend largely on the cost in the market, or rather, on what it will cost to produce it. One may be so situated as to be able to grow beggarweed hay or velvet-bean hay to better advantage than cowpea hay. All of the hays in these rations are considered to be of good quality, cut at the proper stage of maturity, and properly cured. RATIONS OF PURCHASED FEEDS (1) Alfalfa hay ............................ 10 pounds W heat bran ............................ 41% pounds Shorts ..................... ........... 41/ pounds (2) Alfalfa hay ............................ 10 pounds W heat bran ............................ 9 pounds Crabgrass hay .......................... 13 pounds (3) Alfalfa hay ............................ 10 pounds Shorts ................... ............ 9 pounds Crabgrass hay .......................... 13 pounds (4) Alfalfa hay ............................ 10 pounds W heat bran ............................ 6 pounds Beet pulp .............................. 10 pounds (5) W heat bran ............................ 9 pounds Cottonseed meal ......................... 3 pounds Cottonseed hulls ........................ 20 pounds (6) Shorts ............... ............... 8 pounds Cottonseed meal ....................... 212 pounds Hay (any non-legume) .................. 15 pounds