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Feeding Cotton seed Meal 10 Horses.

. X. ). T., 5oatopa. Ala. writes. 4
helghborins cotton oil mill recommend.
ed 10 me neutrality-suspicious. for horse
teeding Cottouseed hulls. 5OO hounds.
cottonseed meal. 2O0 pounds. wheat
bran3o0 pounds oats. $50 pounds.corn
ehop, $50 pounds / omitted the hulls
and fed instead all the johnson ,rass
nay the animals would eat. Have been
feeding the mixture for thirty dnys
on seventeen head Of horses and mules
ut hard work and they are doing fine
except one horse. which scours II we
given him the slightest amount Of cot.
ton seed meal to the ration.
Three years ago / was feeding ON
shelled corn and hay ana tried adding
pint of cotton seed meal to the
ration All did well on It except one
mule. which would scour whenever She
get the least bit of the meal.
Cotton seed meal costs me S21 80
per ton, corr chop, $l4O per 100
pounds, oats. ffy-seyen cents per
bushel. wheat bran. S1.I4 per leo
pounds. l would like the above ra-
ton criticised and suggestions made.
How would it do to leave on. the oats
and make up the amoant in brain?
Cotton seed meal was fed to horses
ana mules on the station farm for
several months the past year. It ala
rot prove to be n satisfactory substi-
tute for an equal amount of corn.
thought it did not seem to have any
Injurious effect on the .ealth of the
animal and we did not observe any
case of scours. as noted n your com
munlcation We fed as much MS two
ana half pounds of meal a day for
several months to one horse. and he |
neither gained nor lost i'm weight /
While his mate, consuming IN eanal |
amount of corn without the cotton |
seed meal, did as much ork ana kent |
in rs good condition as the other ami. !
NAL. This leaves us to believe that
cotton seed neal is of comparatiyeIy |
little value rs a food for horses. We |
do lot desire to make this as a posi- |
tive statement, because our invcstiga- !
tons are not completed and in later
trials where different combinations Of
concentrates are used cotton seed meal
might show ~ 10 bette, advantage
Only 4 lini,Cd amount OF ,his meal can
be fed to horses and mule with sails
faction in any case, and as II result Of
the past winter'5 experience W. have
discarded 1t altogether. The writer
would not think that cotton seed huIls
would be satisfactory food for horses
and mules, as they contain too much
lint, which might easily affect the res
piratory organs, causing irritation Of
the same and producing the affection
known as hCaycs. Part of the time dur
ing the experiment referred TO n mix
ture OF cotton seed meal and ground
hulls. knOv-n to, the trade as cotton
seed bran. was fed in place of the pure
meal. This consisted of forty-eight
parts of cotton seed Dram and fifty
two parts Of cotton seed meal. The 4
results from its use were about the
same as from feeding cotton seed meal
So far as injury to the animals is con-
1t seems feasible to feed as
much as two and half pounds of meal
GER day, though the results obtained {
BY MS do not Justify its use. With
.heso facts in mind it would seem ad-
'isable in your case to discard the cot
on seed meal altogether. and John
io1 g1ass hay, which is 4 good nutri- ]
ious food, is certainly more valuable
or horses and mules than cotton seed
neal, and SO You qid q wise thing in !
!sing it in place Of the latter. S
At the prices mentioned in your lot
2r cotton seed meal would cost you :
bout S21.50. corn chop SOS per ton. I
Wheat bran $3.50 and oats $685. per
en-. While oats constitute the ideal
God for horses. they are so dear that
-ou cannot afford to feed them with \
orn chop and bran when much cheap :
T, when you consider that corn is the
leXt best food grown in this country ,
Or horses and bran probably ranks =
bird. You can we'll afford under the :
to discard the use of d,
ats and cotton seed meal and add :,
lrger amount Of wheat bran, as bran :,
ontains considerably more protein 6
han oats. You may make your ration q
ne-half corn chop and one-half bran =
+ probably better, two-thirds corn y
hop and one-third bran. by corn chop p
on doubtless mean crushed corn and /,
oh. 1t is an advantage to feed h
rushed corn and cob as lit llghtens a
p The mass entering the stomach and i
ids in digestion. Coru meal OF itself h
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