The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-11
CAssAvA-FED nEEF.
successful Experiment an sScI.
RnisinE ia FIorIdn.

Raising in Florida.
From Jackson VILE (FiaJ Times-trnion.
The bulletin just issued by the Florida
Experiment Station. written by Prof
stockbr.dgc. describing his experiment in
feedlng native steers on Florida feedstuffs
Is replete with interest and instruction. II
IS evident that tho butcher has about
reached the end OF his rope for new cattle
ranges. There are no more worlds TO con
qucr. ana mankind has come 60 point
where more intensive cattle-bree.ilng
system must be pursued and better results
achieved out Of what ranges we have.
Florida has millions OF acres which are
not naturally very well adopted 10 stock
growing They are thin ana sandy ana
produce spare and rather tsjune crop Of
forage. The cassava plant comes In here
with peculiar appropriateness aud value
because % produce Its feed crop Under
ground ana not above the surface where
q would be- subject 20 the same unfavor-
able influences which anect the grasses
CsssaVa not only does rs work under.
ground but IL delights In sandy soil. pro
vlded a fair degree o. fertility IS supplied
These millions % thirsty. sandy acres can.
10y the 1udicious usc OF this plant. be made
To produce iced that viii fatten a beef or
more TO the acre. where the native forage
or even cultivated grasses would not sus.
tain a beef on ten acres
The cassava plant Is practically = re-
serve erauary. SIS tuhcrs can be dug aud
fci out amy day % tho year n Is a. per-
ennial though dying down iu our climate
and coming afresh from the roots each
spfius. but the roots live on. like the
Texas mesquite. and grow from year TO
ha IA a
winter or in midsummer. ana the stump
or the canes returned 20 the ground as
seed foundation for another crop. ~
Woul1 probably not prove profitable to
dig and rcul1nt iu midsummer. but 10 has
been done successfully AZ Lake Mary
Another pleasing circumstance brought
oui hy Prof Snckbridgc's experiment. Wa
tle fact that the succulent roo: OF the
cassaya develops Juicy. tender beef.
whieh is much rrlishei The market goers
II Lake CITY, without knowledge Of its
character. selected the cassnva- fed steaks
and roas g ia preference 20 the dricr and
latter graiu-fcd ca 81. 10 is tbs turuips or
which they are largely fsd-as England
cannot grow our great American cereal
wh.ch Ing lrt 90 English southdown NUT
ten a sGcrulcncc ard toothsomeuess
that made &C the delisht OF gourmcts an
over the world. our lighter sandy lands
are not particularly well adapted 10 tho
production 90 corn. but when planted 81
cassasa An acre viii WELD with the same
.4luNatiou. ara amount ~ feedstun near
ly u not quite. equal io an ucre Of corn
BOO Kentucky iu feeding value. This Is
conservative estimate: enthusiastic c1ssa-
yl advocate place the value higher
MANY Of our cattle ranging on river bot
toms seek no small part 81 thsir io nse
gudcr water SO iu casslya they viii have
q pasture which Ia under ground.
CassayA does not make a balanced "a
fon. it too strong Ten catho1ydrafes
principally starch. Velvet beans furtish
The needed protoids 20 restore the balancs
together they conitute perfect stock
ration Cn.saya Is son-dcpietcr rot 80
gcrely 30. however velvet beans are
sau restorer By growing the two ia al
.ernatnr succession. the farmer can feed
1.a lard ana feed hts cattle simultaneously