Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-08-22
BEEF PRODUCTION.
A Golden Opportunity OF the south
with lta Cheap Reed and Forage.

Golden Opportunity OF the south
With hts Cheap Reed and Forage.
We may say we have zone nothing
but live here In the south and are get
ting our meats from the north. Keeping
our sm0kehouses aud corncribs In the
north aud west. and are raising here
and there few poor little cattle that
are called dogs ON the big markets
and when shipped hardly pay the
freight. While poor old. feeble King
Gotten is struggling hard 70 pay the
bills. This Is absurd. but IL Is true.
You see thousands and thousands OF
acres OF wornout land being taxed to
raise cotton which. il tended and
fenced, would yield a handsome reve.
nue. as a pasture and, furthermore.
would i'm few years restore the land
70 It's original fertility. On the other
hand we have plenty OF fertile land
tl..t would yield us an abundance OF
nutritious forage. such as sorghum.
pea vines. alfalfa, besides a great many
Other grasses that will make an album
dance of valuable hay for winter feed
Ing. and here is the great advantage
We have over our northern and west
ern brethren. We have nine months
Of the year I'm which our stock can run
on open pasture and three months I'm
which IL requires food and shelter.
Bat expensive shelters are not neces-
sary: neither is the abundance OF food
required TO maintain the animal heat,
which. OF course. greatly reduces thu.
cost Of production. Besides, you will
find for winter grazing u field OF oats
and vetch for cattle To run ON, a most
valuable crop. which saves the expense
Of silo. And here l wish to impress
upon you the great Importance of win
tering your stock well. When we feed
a nice bunch of good cattle. that food
consumed is not wasted for they are
the great machines that grind up the
produce OF the farm into valuable
meat. But, listen. When you take
crop of your land. is it not right that
something should be returned? BY
feeding stock upon the farm the ma
nure IS returned to the fields. by SO
doing you are selling your hay, your
corn and the products OF your farm
and at the same time are returning to
your land a most valuable fertilizer.
And here l wish To speak OF the stron-
gest point In favor Of cattle raising in
the south, and that is in the value OF
cottonseed as being the cheapest
grain feed that can be fed either To
beef cattle or dairy cattle. especially
for beef cattle In fitting them for the
block. The following will show the
value of cottonseed to the southern
farmer. the truth of which has been
tested by the Mississippi experiment
station:
First.-That n pound OF cottonseed
has n greater feeding value than a
pound OF corn.
Second.-That pound OF cottonseed
meal has feeding value about equal
to two pounds OF corn
Third.-That at least 50 per cent of
the fertilizing ingredients is excreted
by the animal fed and may be recov-
cred I'm the manure and that cottonseed
and cottonseed meal may be fed In
proper quantities and mixed with other
feeds TO dairy cattle without injury to
the milk or butter.
And here | will give you profitable
method OF feeding cattle ON the farm
with straight cottonseed. Fence i'm
your cornfields and plant In peas. Aft
er the corn is gathered turn In your
cattle and begin feeding Il pound OF
cottonseed, gradually increasing It to
four or five pounds. At the end OF six
~ days you will turn out cattle that
VIII be money makers. At the same
time you fertilize your land and pre-
pare IL for another crop.
To thoroughly finish your cattle they
should be taken up and fed thirty days
longer on cottonseed meal and hulls.
with hay or corn and cob meal with
hay. But OF course this depends upon
the class OF cattle you are feeding and
the market to which you expect TO
ship.-F. I. Constant, Louisiana.