The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-22


The Mississippi experiment atoms, in
Bulletin No, 60, gives details of expert
ments in feeding cotton seed and cotton
seed meal var1ously compounded with
other feed stuffs with the object of deter
mining the value of cotton seed to the
farmer The following results and deduc-
tions constitute the Introduction to the
main. body of the bulletin
Introduction.-The results of feeding
tests with cotton seed. cotton seed meal
and corn which are given in this bulle-
tin, are worthy of careful study by the
farmers of this state. The facts dem
onstrated, are % A pound of cotton seed
has a greater value for feeding cattle
than a pound of corn; (2) pound of cot
ton seed meal has a feeding value about
equal to two pounds of corn; 90 that at
least So per cent. of the fertilizing ingre-
dents in the feeds is excreted by the an
imals fed and may be recovered in the
manure; (D that nearly half of the fertil-
izing ingredients excreted is found in the
urine; (5) that both cotton seed and cot
ton seed meal may constitute very i'm
portant part of the grain feed of cattle
without injury TO their health; 90 that
cotton seed and cotton seed meal, when
fed to dairy cows in proper quantity and
properly combined with other feeds, do
not injure the quality of either milk or
butter.
Value of Ton of Cotton Seed.-With
corn at 40 cents per bushel about the
average price in this state) a ton of cot
ton seed is worth $16.70 as a feed, for
ether beef cattle or dairy cattle. At
present prices for commercial fertilizers
nitrogen costs about u cents per pound,
and phosphoric acid and potash each 3
cents per pound Allowing these prices
for the same ingredients in manure, we
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manure for each ton of seed fed, making
FOR farmer a total value per ton of $25 49,
Farmers sell their seed for 81 TO Sc per ton |!
Some of them sell for 81 per toni!
Value of a Ton of Cotton Seed Meal-In
a similar way we find the feeding value
OF ton of cotton seed meal 10 DE $2S Sc,
and the manure to be worth s1913 for ev-
cry ton of meal consumed, making a to-
tai value of SIT SO that farmer might de-
rive per ton by first feeding the meal to
cattle and applying the manure TO his
land
Value of the Cotton Seed Crop-Missis-
sippi produced, in 1S97-9S l627.OOO bales
of cotton. This gave 100000 tons of seed
which had a combined feeding and manu-
rial value of $50, 632 coo. Had the entire
crop been sold for s. per ton 1t would
have brought only 100000.
The cotton crop for the South the same
year was Il, 100000 bales and $500. 600 tons
of seed, having a combined feeding and
fertlizing value of S144,4240o0. At IS per
ton the seed would have brought s2S OOO =
Geo. The farmers of Mississippi lost S16,-
6S2, 600 on this one crop, and the farmers
of the entire cotton belt lost SIG, 424 OOOli
Small Oil Mills.-The present disposition
of the cotton seed crop secures TO the
farmer a very small part of its real value
and must of necessity give place TO a
practice that will secure TO the farmer
the maximum benefit which he may de,
rive from this product.
The time will come when the Southern
farmer will realize that the fertilizing val
ue in cotton seed must stay on the farm
to maintain its fertility and productive
ness
He will not always regard the matter of
hauling as of no Consequences some
thing which he can do without cost II
the best disposition of cotton seed is finally
demonstrated TO be to extract the oil for
human food and other commercial MIR
poses, and let the meal and hulls go back
to the farms to serve both as food and
fertilizer, then, most likely. there will be
a small oil mill at each ginnery and oil
and lint will be the only products of the
cotton crop sent 10 market
The Southern farmer, however. need nor
wait for oil mills. He may get the full
value of his cotton seed by judicious sys-
tenn of feeding, accompanied by the most
careful saving and proper use of the ma
nure.