The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-04-13
Cotton Seed Meal for Pigs.
(From Bulletin IS, Arkansas Experiment
SfatiOnl

(F'rom Bulletin IS, Arkansas Experiment
Station)
l. The harmful effects Of overlooking
with cotton seed meal are manifested in
all species of animals so far tested. Hogs
exhibit no great excess of susceptibility
over cattle when fed in doses proportions
ate to their weight
. In first series OF tests embracing
nine pigs of 80 to 40 pounds in weight
all died In from thrty-four to sixty-four
days on a daily allowance Of 6 to )
pounds Of cotton seed meal in mixture
with ground corn or bran
3. Wheat bran or whea; chops in com
bination with cotton seed meal proved
less dangerous TO pigs than a similar
mixture with ground corn.
4. In later tests embracing altogether
fourteen hogs. cotton seed meal was fed
in mixture with bran, wheat chops and
cut COW pea hay for periods of from three
to six months without any evident harm
full effects. the daily allowance OF cotton
seed meal being from S to IA per cent
of the body weight or from a to = pounds
to pigs weighing so pounds
. In one test cotton seed meal in above
doses was fed to a SOW during the last
eighty Gays OF llfEiihilNS NittA''N AifN' ~
to mother of progeny.
s. In one test embracing three pigs,
crude cotton oil was fed for twenty
weeks in amount exceeding what is con-
famed in a fatal ration of cotton seed
meal without any evil effects; hence,
it is probable that the harmful effects of
overlooking with cotton seed meal are
not attributable 10 the oil which it con
tans
: The characteristic post-mortem foa-
turc Of cotton seed meal poisoning in all
cases was an acute dropsy of the pleural
and heart sacs with intense congestion
Cprohahlv secondary Of the liver aud Kid
news. immediate cause Of death being suf-
location from compression of the lungs.
ALFALFA
A. Il f. Augustus. Tenn have re-
Gently subscribed for your excellent pa
per. which I consider the best Of the
southern wceklies Being farmer.
prize the agricultural department very
much. wish to get some Information
In regard to raising and saving alfalfa.
] have A lot of land (about aCrcs) with
clayoy soil very little sand in 1t VIII
make a half bale of cotton to the acre of
an average year. It is kind of swag up
land very moist. Has been pasturcd.
Made fine oats last year. Expect TO grow
peas ON ii this season. want to sow al
falfa on it next. What I want TO know is
this: What is the best fertilizer | can
use to insure the best results? How
much to feriiize each acre? How and
when To apply? In word give a for
mula of how to manure the land so AS
To secure a crop? | have no experience in
that line There is no alfalfa grown in
this county in the latitude of Memphis,
Tenn When do you think would be the
best time to SOW? AT what time do you
cut it? Please give me all the informa-
ed in the alfalfa and think it will be a
valuable accession to the agricultural
interest of this section. | shall read your
agricultural department with good deal
If interest.
Answer When I wrote the editorial on
Forage Crops in the weekly of March
80, ] did not expect that inquiries in re-
gard to growing alfalfa would commence
coming in so soon. Probably the above
was written before the author received
his copy of that issue. 1t may not be
amss to seize the opportunity to say,
with emphasis, that the land described by
our inquirer is not @0apteG TO the success
full culture of luGerne (alfalfa). To get
the best results the soil should be a
deep. sandy loan, with no clay within
reach of the deepest running ploW In
deed, l would prefer a location where
the clay is not nearer than feet of the
surface. The so-cdlled clay which under
lies The better qualities IF long-Icaf pine
land Of the southern half Of the south
Atlantic and gulf states is not objection
able since it permits easy drainage OF
the soil, which is another important re.