Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1902-09-12
BEEF PRODUCTION.

Golden Opportunity OF the south
With Its Cheap F~ed and Forage.
We max sly we have 0oac nothing
but live here in the south aud are get.
tag cur meats from the noStil. keeping
oar smo&ehouses and corncribs In the
north and west. ana are raising here
oHd there a few poor little cattle that
are called dogs ON the big markets
~rl wh,n shipped hardly pay the
freight. while poor old. feeble King
Cotton is struggling hard 70 pay the
lis. This is absurd. but il is true.
. ~ see thousands and thousands of
'-'t~s n wornout land being taxed to
1859 cotton which. IL tended and
'.ved. would yield handsome reve-
i.uS IS pasture ana, furthermore,
N0~iI in Il few years restore the land
1. is original fertility On the other
i..tlI. we have plenty OF fertile land
t..~t would yield us an abundance OF
'.s;..tious forage. such as sorghum.
q vines. alfalfa, besides n great many
o-aSr grasses that will make an album
e.. acc OF valuable hay for winter feed
80. and here is the great advantage
NE have over our northern and west
I'm brethren. We have nine months
&c he year i'm which our stock can run
on open pasture and three months I'm
NaiCh IL requires food and shelter.
LIT expensive shelters are not neces-
SLY; neither is the abundance OF food
required 10 maintain the animal heat.
which, OF course, greatly reduces the
est Ct production. Besides, you will
find for winter grazing n field OF oats
and vetch for cattle to run on, n most
Valuable crop, which saves the expense
of 4 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 a valuable
meat. But. listen. When YOU take n
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 n most valuable fertilizer.
And here l wish to speak of the stron-
gest point I'm favor Of cattle raising In
the south, and that is I'm 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 a pound OF cottonseed
has n greater feeding value than n
pound Of corn.
Second.-That n pound of cottonseed
meal has feeding value about equal
TO two pounds Of corn.
Third.-That Mt least 80 per cent OF
the fertilizing ingredients is cxcreted
by the animal fed and may be recov-
cred I'm the manure and that cottonseed
and cottonseed meal may be fed i'm
proper quantities and mixed with other
feeds TO dairy cattle without injury TO
the milk or butter.
And here l will give you n profitable
method OF feeding cattle on the farm
with straight cottonseed. Fence i'm
your cornfields and plant i'm peas. Aft
cr the corn is gathered turn I'm your
cattle and begin feeding Il pound OF
cottonSced, gradually increasing IL TO
four or five pounds. At the end OF six
~ days you will turn out cattle that
will 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. II. Constant, Louisiana.