The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-25
wilmington STAR }

A short time ago we published an
article on the food properties Of cot :
ton seei as compared with wheat.
The following which we clip from the
Charleston News and Courier throws
some light on its value as compared
with corn, and may be of interest to
cotton growers and stock raisers:
lin view Of the short crops OF both
corn and cotton in this region farmers
generally will derive some very help
full instruction as to the relative
value of cotton seed, cotton seed
meal, and corn, as food for cattle,
especially dairy and beef cattle from
a statement on the subject recently
published in the Southern Farmer, by
MIR. John NJ. McCandless, State Chem
ist Of Georgia. We give the substance
of the article.
1.-The experiments reported were
made by the Mississippi Agricultural
Station. In the first instance these
experiments were made with different
tions, consisting Of peavine hay, sill
age, wheat bran, cotton seed, cotton
seed meal, and corn and cob meal,
the proportion of these ingredients
varying in each case, and the expert
ments covering each period OF four
weeks. The several results obtained
are stated as follows:
six pounds Of whole cotton seed are
superior to three pounds of cotton
seed meal, both as milk and flesh
producers. Three and half pounds
Of meal are just about equal to six
pounds of seed. Six pounds Of seed
are not equal to four pounds Of meal.
One pound of meal equals LII pounds
of cotton seed.
''In the second set OF experiments
cotton seed was first compared direct
cotton seed meal; the other ingredi-
ents OF the rations remaining the
same. The results are as follows:
Six pounds of cotton seed gave
better yield of milk than six pounds
of corn and cob meal. Six pounds of
cotton seed meal gave better results
than eight pounds OF corn and cob
meal. Six pounds of corn and cob
meal gave as much milk as eight
pounds of the same meal.
''Three pounds of cotton seed meal
equal six pounds Of corn and cob
meal, and as satisfactory yields of
milk as eight pounds Of corn and cob
meal, but the latter caused the cows
to fatten. Three and half pounds
of cotton seed meal are better than
six or eight pounds of corn and cob
meal in the dairy rations used. In
we'll balanced dairy ration two pounds
to one pound Of Gotten seed meal,
Summarizing: (D One pound OF
cotton seed is equal to LII pounds Of
corn and cob meal or to O.5S of
pound of cotton seed meal. (2) One
pound of cotton seed meal is equal to
Ill pounds Of cotton seed. or to two
pounds of corn and cob meal. (3 One
pound Of corn and cob meal is equal
to one-half pound Of cotton seed meal,
or to O.S5 Of pound Of cotton
seed'
The Mississippi Station concludes
the report of its investigation as fol-
lows:
"According to these results, if corn
is worth 40 cents per bushel or *14.-
20 ton, cotton seed should be worth
279 cents bushel, or $16.70, and
cotton seed meal *2S.56 a ton, II
cotton seed is worth 10 cents a BUSH
ell, or sc ton, corn should be worth
81 cents bushel, or IS. 10 cents a
a ton, and Gotten seed meal should
be worth $40. 26 ton. When cotton
seed meal is worth $16 a ton cotton
seed should be worth 15.4 cents a
bushel or 1928 ton. and corn meal
should be worth 14.3 cents bushel
or IS 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 to your cattle.
and from the above figures it appears
that you cannot afford to do SO at ali
| at any price per bushei that corn ever
sells at in this section OF the country,
because it's feeding value is 50 far be-
low its money value when compared
with the feeding value and money
tdlue Ol CUtlOu Sccu duu IOttpH sCcu
! meal.
Conclusion No. also enables you
to tell when you are getting fair
| value for your cotton seed. For in
| stance, if cotton seed meal is worth
| $22 ton then cotton seed should
| bring PIP cents per bushel at sixty
| bushels to the ton, for its feeding
value as compared with the feeding
| value of meal
I'm the light OF these important
| facts MIR. McCandless thinks it is
astonishing that no experiments aP-
pear to have been made to see
whether horses and mules will not
eat cotton seed and cotton seed meal
and hulls, one or both; and, il not
voluntarily, whether they could be
trained to do so by mixing them
gradually, by slowly increasing de-
grees, with corn and oats and hay
He promises to have the matter test
ed at the Georgia Station"