The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-05-24

ana wneat Dran were Ieu as before. ex.
cept that in these experiments COTTON.
seed was compared with corn and cob
meal in the first set of. experiments and
in the second set cottonseed meal was
compared with corn and cob meal. With
out going into the minute details of the
experiments as before will content nv
self with giving the conclusions reached
by the station as result Of their work
First, that the lot receiving the pounds
of cottonseed gave better yield of miIk
than the one receiving pounds of corn
and cob meal. Second, the lot fed
pounds of cottonseed gave better results
than the one fed 8 pounds of corn and
cob meal, and also that pounds of corn
and cob meal gave just as much
milk as did of the same meal. In
the second set of experiments compar.
ing cottonseed meal with corn and
cob meal the following conclusions
were reached: First, that pounds of
cottonseed meal are equal to pounds of
corn and cob meal; second, that pounds
of cottonseed meal gave as satisfactory
yields of milk as pounds of corn and
cob meal, but thu latter caused the cows
to fatten; third, 80 pounds of cotton
seed meal are better than either or S
pounds of corn and cob meal in the dairy
ratlons used; fourth, that in a well bal
anced dairy ration 2 pounds of corn and
cob meal are about equal to pound of
cottonseed meal. Summarizing, the fol-
lowing conclusions were drawn:
First, that l pound of cottonseed is
equal to LII pounds of corn and cob meal
or TO O.5S of pound Of cottonseed meal.
Second, that / pound of cottonseed
meal Is equal to III pounds of cotton
seed, or to 3 pounds of corn and cob
meal.
Third, that pound of corn and cob
meal Is equal to one-half pound of cotton
seed meal, or to 0.S5 of pound of cotton
seed.
The Mississippi station officer then
concludes as follows: According to
these results, if corn is worth 40
cents per bushel or $142S a ton,
cottonseed should be worth 1918 cents a
bushel, or $16.70, and cottonseed meal
S28.56 ton. II cottonseed are worth
10 cents a bushel or $500 a ton, corn
should be worth 81 cents a bushel or
20. 10 ton, and cottonseed meal should
DO worth $l0.26 ton. When cottonseed
meal is worth $1,000 a ton cottonseed
Mould be worth 1874 cents a bushel or
S9.2S ton, and corn meal should be
worth lab cents bushel or $500 ton.
thus you see that the three conclusions
above are valuable to you because they
enable you to calculate for yourself
whether you can afford to feed corn at
all TO your cattle, and from the above
figures it appears that you cannot afford
to do SO at all at any price per bushel
that corn ever sells at in this section of
the country, because It's feeding value is
so far below its money value when COM
pared with the feeding value and money
value of cottonSeed and cottonseed meal.
Conclusion No. also enables you to
tell when you are getting fair value for
your cottonseed. For instance, in todays
Constitution cottonseed meal Is quoted at
see ton In Atlanta. If cottonseed meat
IS north PEE then cottonseed should bring
9I.2 cents per busheI at 90 bushels TO the
ton, for its feeding uaEue as compared
Wtth the feeding udlue Of meal.
In the light Of these important facts 1t
strikes me as being astonishing that no
experiments appear to haze been made to
see Whether horses and mules tcW net eat
cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls, one
or both, and If not voluntarily, Whether
they could be gradually trained to do so
by mtTing them gradually, and by sloUly
increasing degrees Nth corn and oats and
hay.
have been unable to find record of
any such experiments if ever made, and
am going to send a copy of this letter
to the Director of our Georgia Station
and beg him to make test Of the mat
ter at the Georgia Station. If it could
be done, even in part, it would have a
far-reaching effect in reducing our bill
to the west for corn and oats, and sub
stituting far more efficient feed in its
nutritive value at less cost. will be
glad if you will write me if you have
ever tried to feed cottonseed meal or
hulls to your horses or mules.
Yours truly,
JOHN NJ. MCCANDLEss,
State Chemist