Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-10-29


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cotton seed meal Tor fattening cattle. 4
srd also that % cotton seed and cotton /
sred rneaL
In experiments made on the Tennes- I
$50 station farm Tor several years past /
= ration consisting OF twc-thirdS % /
cotton seed meal aud onc-third 81 corn !
meal has bcea fed with great success Z
50 bccf cattle after the following
yncthoS:
In the early stages or fattcnin- bccr
cattle IL Is desirable 70 ohtain IS much
growth IS possible. therefore shc grain
ration consisted largely OF cotton secd
meal r reod stuff rich in pcote.u. o.
muscle building elements. tending to
p-olurr rapid growth. As thc feed
Ing period advances the amount Of
>,otton Sod meal led was gradually ~
frrcf ana ~ -hc end 90 three months
the cattle were receiving tWo-thirds az
corn nral and ouc-thira 81 cotton seed
meal This ration WAS continued Tor
.he next sixty days and the cstsic made
uniform Gains throughout the period
or Eve months
rsadr shout "a Pcunds Sain Ter day Tor
the whole period. which Is q very salts
factory rain- When cotton Sod meal
alone was fed The cattle oniy made
=ain OF ca5 pounds per head per day.
~ is evident. therefore that the addi-
1ion q Ora n the ration in the finish
sn- ucriod was n great advantage Cot
Ton xreG meal led by itself % beef cat
flr cnrs not make IS satisfactory
ration - when combined with small
amount % co-n. for the reason that it
Is too oue-si6ed 4 food and therefore
shc cattle do not fattcn as rapidly rs
"a desirable. or course when cotton
Sod meal IS cheap. say 50 ton. and
s-u-z fgtv 20 sixty cents q busheL * IS
better policy 70 feed q larger amount
OF rntfo- seed meal even though some
waste results. than 20 purchase high
p-ic~d c--n 20 - with g.
Cotton seed meal cannot ~ led with
ssatisf-rticu 70 beef cattle Tor long pc
RODS where large amounts are used
ray rs much rs eight 20 twelve pounds
per head per day-unless u Is com
bincd viii sliace o. roots or some 9th
- su-rr'ert food.
II hurss are fed 80 cattle. the mea
and Bulls should be mixed in the pro
ro-fion ~ about one % Eve. and IL
--attle should not receive more than So
90 eight pounds % cotton seed inca
when or FUN feed where sVcculen
ruurhness Is uset sroz eight .
twelve pounds can be FED with safety
A ration containing cotton seed rnea
- the ouiv concentrate should be 81
--reased very gradually. Or else the a
-esfire system % the cattle IS LEel
- be de-or-ed aid they VII Zoe throw
of frrd
Cotton sod does not make 4 very sa'
ssrzrtorv ration fpr beef cattle; u COL
t-lus go much oil and therefore Is %
Eaxzurr II YOU can buy the cotto
Sod a. from $ 20 $40 tor you a.
u-oashlv .nr~d n feed them 20 be-
cattle even with the tissdvauta=e r-ei
TONED provided some other form
S-x rur=trress IS used. II you car 81
tain "a much as SIS q ton Tor cort1
SD -ws buy cotton seed meal for :.
tn -. 81 Is better 20 sell the seed
The CT mills snd buy the neal
who corn rsr be purchased Tor 70
n cents q bushei II VIII be pro;rs ?
- fed = considerable quantity q
Nth ~orfon seed meal. II Is lm7osslt
40 -fre directions fer some tune IN =
wzrrr because the crop sea son III
eaOex The r-ices OF various concf
frztax- ans one in order 70 be succe
fsi IN feetln= beef cattle must stu
1sreI rond1tiors very carefully and u
re Ii. food stuf that Is cheapest a
tsrSf sulte5 10 lis purr 0se--Proies
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