The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-11-13
Cotton seed as Food for stock,

Chemistry has deveVeloped the
fact of cabhages containing large
per centage of muscle sustaining
nutriment, and turnips to contain
very little. Chemistry has demon
strated the fact that young animals
will destroy pasture if constantly
grazed upon it. because of their
consuming the phospha es contain
ed in the food they eat, in the form
alton of bone, while old cattle,
whose osseouS structure or frames
are complete, require only enough
of the phosphates to repair the ma
| tural waste to their bones and re-
turn the rest to the soilS therefore
we should have pasture for our
young and growing stock, and one
for those that are grown, and alter
nate them. We have seen pastures
where calves had been running for
years, SO poor that grass would
hardly grow, and, as a necessary
consequence Of the exhaustion of
phosphates, the frames of the ami
mails, when grown, were necessarily
small Farmers in the Northern,
Eastern and Western States often
act upon this information, though,
in this section, we seldom do. Prof.
Johnson says, "while the calf is
! growing, during the first two or
three weeks, its bones and muscles
chiefly grow"
st equires the materials of these,
therefore, more than fat, and, hence,
half the milk it gets, at first, may
be skinned, and little bean meal
may be mixed to give it more of the
casein, out of which the muscles
are formed. After this, more fat is
required, and soon all the milk the
cow would give. This, however,
makes a costly food, and, instead of
cream, less expensive kind of food
may be used"
Cotton seed meal will supply the
place of cream, and Cruel made of
Z parts of cotton seed meal, and 4
parts of bean or corn meal, with go
parts of water, all by measure, will
enable you to take all the milk from
the COW, if she will give it up with
out the aid of the calf. Skinned
milk may be used instead of the
Cruel named, if the cotton seed meal
is added to it. All these materials
should be boiled together, and be
permitted to cool to the natural tenn
perature of milk. This is the result
of investigation in chemistry. The
study of this science not only shows
the farmer or agriculturist why corn
is better for feeding than straw, and
why the fertilizer from corn is bet
ter than from straw, but it also
shows him the different relative
values of food, in money, for max
ing fertilizers. While it may not
be necessary that the agriculturalist
| should make elaborate and expens-
i've experiments in order to ascer-
tain the truths, and those facts in
! chemistry that are of value to him,
as it is the peculiar business of the
chemist to do this in a laboratory
fitted up with all the appliances to
enable him to give the constituent
elements of different articles of
food consumed by animals, and to
make known those that form flesh
and those that form fat; the more
extended his information concern
| ing this branch of learning the bet
ter able will he be to practically APP
| ply it, let him get his information
| from what source he may.
We are satisfied that all do not
know, do not appreciate the value
of cotton seed as made known by
chemistry, and satisfactorily demon
strated by practical experience. 1t
has been ascertained that cotton
seed meal far exceeds linseed meal
in its albuminous, or flesh forming
portions. The same qualities make
it most excellent food for mich
cows, and it is known to be true
thar, for the production of milk, and
corresponding increase of cream,
cotton seed meal is worth very near
double that of corn meal, pound for
pound. Chemistry suggested this,
and experiments repeatedly made,
verified it.
The truths of chemistry almost, if
not quite, justify us in saying the
farmer or agriculturist would find it
profitable to raise crop of cotton
for the seed, throwing the lint
away Carlos, IN Planters four
mai.