The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-28
COTTON SEED MEAL.
Compared With Corn Meal as a Dairy
Food.

The Journal OF Agri culture says: Zone
ton of corn meal contains on the average,
twenty-eight pounds of nitrogen, about
thirteen pounds Of phosphorie acid, and
about eight pounds of potash. These
quantities of plant food in the form of
commercial fertilizer would cost bout St.
The value of one ton of cotton seed meal
will contain at least l35 pounds of nitro
gen, over sixty pounds of phOsphoric acid
and thirty six pounds Of potash. These
quantities of the three elements of plant
food woqld cost SIS o. more in the form
OF commercial fertilizec, consequently
the mdnuridl value of cotton seed meal is
rs per ton, or four and oue-half times as
much as the manurial value of corn meal
In both ca SeS nitrogen is estimated at IL
cents per POUND, phosphoric acid at s
cents, and potash at A. cents, which is
about what these three elements cost in
ordinary fertilizers at the usual prices.
The feeding value of any food or fodder
depends upon the amount and the digesti-
bility OF the different food ingredients.
We lind that corn meal of good average
quality contains in 100 weight about ii re
and a half pounds of digestible protein or
flesh forming and meat and milk produc-
ing substance, similar in many respects
to the albumen or white of the egg; also
about three pounds of digestible fat or oil,
and over sixty-six pounds of digesubIe
sugar, starch, fiber, etc, worth in all
about 81 cents per 100 pounds. There
fore, the feeding value of corn meal
is $3.50 per ton. But 100 pounds
of cotton seed meal contains SO pounds of
digestible protein or nearly seven times
as much as corn meal, this being the most
valuable part of any feed The cotton
seed meal also contains over 1917 pounds
of digestibe fat or oil, which is three
times as much as corn meal. 1t has only
about ohe-third as much sugar and
starch as corn meal but these are the
cheapest and least important elements of
animal food, which any farmer can sup
ply in abundance with corn stalks hay,
etc. The feeding value of cotton seed
meal is thus S29.O6 per ton. In both cases
the feeding value is got by estimating the
protein at 10 cents per pound, the fat at
40 cents and the carbohydrates at 0.9
cents, which is the cost of these elements
at the usual average prices paid for the
common fine feeds used in New England.
Thus the actual worth of cottonseed
meal is considerably more than
twice as much as the worth of
corn meal. That is to say, that if the
farmer pays the same price for both
feeds, he gets twice as much real value in
the cotton seed meal as in the corn meal.
If the two feeds can be bought at whole
sale for s25 per ton, you getin corn meal
value of s1254 of what costs YOU
81 .25, while in cotJOnseed meal you get
value OF S2.S5l5 for what costs you
S1.25. At the retail price OF $50 per ton
YOU pay Sl.50 for value of only Sl25j5
if you buy corn meal but if you buy cot
tonseed meal you get S2.S5l6 in value for
your $3.50.
The fact is, there is money in feeding
cottouseed meal-in saving Of first cost
by increasing results at the pail or in
fresh butter, and by adding TO the worth
of the manure.