The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-07-06
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trust you will give place to these
documents in your valuable Journal
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/ stantly endeavored to cultivate.
trust you will give place to these
documents in your valuable Journal.
| ]. H. Strain.
| At meeting of the South Caro-
! lima Live Stock Association held at
Columbia, S. c., on Feb. 9Th and 9th
an address full of practical advice,
| backed by scientific knowledge, was
| delivered by the eminent Dr. Tail
Butler, of Raleigh. N. c., on "Prac-
| tical Stock eeding IN the South" Dr.
Butler is a recognized authority on
feed and feeding and what he says
shceild have special weight and in
huence throughout the entire South,
and that part of his discussion touch
ing the feeding OF horses, mules, and
colts is of special Importance to the
Southern breeder
On the official report of the dis
cussion which followed DR.. Buffers
address this occurs DR. Butler was
asked:
You speak Of feeding horses cot
ton seed meal What about the MUS
cular forming properties of cotton
seed meal. on the animal compared
to corn and oats?"
DR.. Butler: 'There is enough
known about feeding horses cotton
seed meal for me to state that II
you had horse that you were feed
ing "A pounds of corn daily, that you
could take out 4 pounds of that corn
| and put in two pounds of cotton
seed meal and get better results
! Not because corn IS not the best
food we have for supplying heat and
energy, but there is another thing
| needed. When the horse supplies
you muscular energy he is burning
ZIP his muscles just as you burn coal
III a furnace TO supply energy to run
the machinery in your factories and
he has got to have something TO
! build up those wasted muscles, and
corn does not contain it in sufficient
quantity A little cotton seed meal
is better than an additional amount
of corn. When you are feeding your
horse stover and 10 pounds of corn,
I had rather have two pounds of
cotton seed meal added than four
pounds of corn. | would rather have
two pounds of cotton seed meal ad-
ded than folr pounds of oats. Corn
is a splendid horse feed. but we are
wasting two million dollars a year
in South Carolina feeding an all-Iorn
ration
"In what proportion would you
feed corn and cotton seed meal?"
DIR. Butler: ".That will depend up
on your hay
Plenty of hay?"
Dr. Butler: can average ration for
a thousand-pound horse doing rsal
hard work, is about IS pounds of
grain and IS pounds of hay In
stead ot X pounds of fodder and Is
pounds Of corn, | would take 5
pounds of peavine hay and 7 to s
pounds of stover, and, then, add 10
pounds Of corn to , pounds OF cot
fen seed meal and get better results
If ! had oats to feed and had some
peavine hay or clover hay. / do not
think | would feed any cotton seed
meal III the ration Of a hard working
horse. unless | had plenty of oats,
and they were CHEAP"
This IS important testimony from
the highest authority. and should in
terest every farmer and horse owner
in the South We send thousands Of
dollars into the Northwest every
year for corn We send into the
Northwest every year thousands OF
dollars worth of our cotton seed
meal No body is benefited by this
b't the railroads. # we keep our
cotton seed meal at home to feed it
will help Us. ard Dir. Butler says it
win help our horses-and DR.. But
Ter knows.-TupelO Journal.