The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-05-24
EF,BUTTER AND MILK
ITS PRODUCTION is OF VAST I'M
PORTANCE TO SOUTH
ERN FARMERS.
A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC,
The Alphabetically Department Gives
Further Information ON the
Feeding of Cattle.

A. b. o., Dear Sir-This subject of
beef, butter and milk production out of
Nhe seed, hulls and meal of the cotton
plant is of such vast moment and impor-
lance to the southern farmer, to the en-
richment, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and financial
independence of this whole section that
am not going to leave 1t yet at the risk
OF wearying your patience. AS cotton
seed meal and hulls are not always read
lily procurable by the farmer, and as it
may, under certain conditions, pay him
better to use cottonseed instead of hulls
and meal, as for instance where he has
long haul, and when the mills, owing
to poor trade and demand tor oil, may
not be paying as good a price for seed
as their feeding value to the farmer calls
for, will give you some rations for
feeding, using seed, instead of hulls and
meal for feeding, and recite some inter-
estlng experiments of the Mississippi
Experiment Station in regard thereto.
Two lots of four COWS each were ta-
ken, and lot No. was fed this ration
for each cow: Peavine hay, pounds;
sllage, 20 pounds; wheat bran, pounds;
cottoHseed meal, 3 pounds. Lot No. 2
received as a ration for each COW, pea
vine hay, 8 pounds; silage, 30 pounds;
wheat bran, pounds and cottonseed, 16
pounds. The experiment lasted for four
weeks and at the end of that period lot
No. / had produced 1,237 pounds of
milk, and lot No. 2 had produced 1884
pounds of milk, also lot No. had lost
20 pounds each in weight and lot No. 2
had gained II pounds each in weight
AS result of this experiment we see
that 6 pounds of whole cottonseed are
superior to pounds of cottonseed meal
both as milk and flesh producers.
EXPERIMENT NO. 2.
The same COWS were fed the following
rations: Lot No. /, to each cow pea
vine hay 3 pounds, silage 20 pounds,
wheat bran pounds, cottonseed meal
80 pounds, and to lot No. 2 exactly the
same ration except that in place Of the
meal 6 pounds of whole seed were
substituted. At the end of four weeks
lot No. had produced ,403 pounds Of
milk, and lot No. 3, 1896 pounds. The
result of this experiment indicated that
81 pounds of meal are just about equal
to six pounds of seed.
EXPERIMENT NO. 8.
The same COWS were fed the follow
ing rations: Lot No. 1 received for each
COW peavine hay 10 pounds, silage Is
pounds, wheat bran 2 pounds, corn and
cob meal 8 pounds, and cottonseed 9
pounds. Lot No. 3 received for each
COW precisely the same ration except
that pounds of cottonseed meal were
given in place Of the cottonseed. At the
end of the period lot No. had produced
1902 pounds of milk, and lot No. 2 4, $3.50
pounds, showing the 4 pounds of meal
to be decidedly superior to the pounds
Of seed. Summing up the following
conclusions may be drawn concerning
the rations; First, that pounds of seed
are superior to 3 pounds of meal; second,
that 6 pounds of seed are about equal to
81 pounds of meal; third, that pounds
of seed are not equal to 4 pounds Of meal;
fourth, that one pound of meal would
therefore be equal to LII pounds of cot.
ton seed.
The Mississippi station then continued
its valuable experiments comparing cot
tonseed and cottonseed meal with corn
and cob meal as milk producers. The
same Quantities of naavina hay S;Ioro