Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-23
A GRAIN RATION.

a Rhode Island dairyman, speaking of
feeding mich cows, says: For my dairy
of thOrOughbreds l have settled down upon
the following mixture for a grain ration
For COWS in full flow of milk / find the
oretical excess of albuminOids to give
economical results. The proportions given
are by weight parts of best bran, parts
Of cOrn-meal and 3 parts of linseed meal.
One pound of this mixture is given to each
hundred weight of the animal { 10 pounds
to COW of 1000 pounds J. l give half in
the morning and half at night. 1t fed dry
the COW drinks more water and cOnse-
quently gives more milk" He saws, fur
ther, that if he were not skeptical as to
the use of cOttOn-seed meal he would sub
stitute it for the linseed-meal, as it costs
less and produces more milk. His skep-
ticism on this point had better be gotten
rid Of, we think.
ANALYSIS FOR COTTON-sEED MEAL.
The standard analysis of cotton-seed
meal is that of Prof. White, recently fur
nished to the Department of Agriculture.
1t is that OF frst-class meal, to wit:
Ammonia ...............S Der cent.
Phosphoric acid, all ayaila-
Bile .......... ........... 2.75 per cent.
Potash .......................1 j. 80 per cent
Analysis of seed
Ammonia .............. $50 per cent.
Il nOoDuOlAC dClA w per cent.
Potash ....... .......... 1.25 per cent.
One hundred pounds of the meal is equal
in fertilizi1g value to about 25Q pounds
Of green seed or 81 bushels. The oil in
the seed has no fertilizing value.
SEED IRISH POTATOES.
The cost of Irish potatoes for seed this
year will not be over half what it has been
for some years. In fact, Irish potatoes
are cheaper this spring than / have any
recollection of there being any time here
tofOre. First-class seed potatoes were de-
livered in Milledgeville at 81 to 81 . per
barrel and not peck of unsOund ones in
% barrels. Last year and the year before
they were just double these prices. The
crop was very large and fine last season,
and the Northern growers have realized
only 10 to % cents per bushel for them. 1t
was blessing to the consumer but poor
business for the farmer. "The farmer he
feedeth alp surely but to very little profit
sometimes, owing to prOtTactOd cold. Po-
tatOes are longer in coming up this year
than l ever observed before. Ordinarily
they come popping up in three weeks after
planting, but this spring five weeks have
elapsed before any sprouts became visible.
Generally paintings of Feb. 10 will show
perfect stand by the 9TH of March, but
at the end of five weeks this year barely
10 per cent. have terminated. EXamina-
ton shows that it is not decay of the seed,
for they are coming slowly. The first half
of February had mean temperature here
higher than the first half of March, which
has been wet and cold. The soil was wet
on the opening of March and during the
first two weeks 5 inches of rain fell. on
the morning of the LIST the thermometer
marked q degrees, and the day previous
Is. This is a very unusual occurrence.
Peach trees generally had not bloOmed on
the 10Th; only few Of the early blooming
kinds had full coat of blossoms. Farm
matters generally are very backward in
Middle Georgia. SAC.
-MilledqeUtlle.