The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-10

AT a meeting of the South Car.
DINA Live Stock Association held
at Columbia, S. c., on Feb. 9Th
and 9th an address full of prac-
teal advice, backed by scientific
knowledge, was delivered by the
eminent DR.. TAFT Butler, of Raj
iegh, N. c., on Practical Stock
Feeding in the South" DIR. But
Ter is a recognized authority on
feed and feeding and what he
says should have special weight
and influence throughout the en-
tire South, and that part of his
discussion touching the feeding
of horses, mules and colts is of
special Importance to the South
ern breeder.
In the official report of the
discussion which followed DIR,
Buffers address, this occurs. DR..
Butler was asked:
You speak of feeding horses
cotton seed meal. What about
the muscular forming properties
of cotton seed meal, on the ami
NAL compared to corn and oats?'
DR.. Butler: There is enough
known about feeding horses cot
ton seed meal for me to state
that if you had a horse that you
were feeding IA 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 be-
cause corn is not the best feed
we have for supplying heat and
energy, but there is another
thing needed. When the horse
supplies you muscular energy he
is burning up his muscles just as
you burn coal in a furnace to
supply energy to run the ma
chinery 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 cot
ton seed meal is better than an
additional amount of corn. When
you are feeding your horse sto-
yer and 10 pounds of corn, | had
rather have two pounds of cotton
seed meal added than four
pounds of corn. | would rather
have two pounds of cotton seed
meal added than four pounds OF
oats. Corn is a spleneid horse
feed, but we are wasting two
million dollars Il year in South
Carolina feeding an all-corn
ration"
In what proportion would you
feed corn and cotton seed meal?"
DR.. Butler: That will depend
upon your hay"
Plenty of hay?"
DR.. Butler: AN average ra-
ton for a thousand-pound horse
doing real hard work, is about Is
pounds of grain and IL to Is
pounds of hay. Instead Of Is
pounds of fodder and Is pounds
of corn, | would take 5 pounds of
peavine hay and Z to 8 pounds of
slower, and then add 10 pounds
of corn to 2 pounds of cotton seed
meal, and get better results. If
J. had oats to feed and had some
peavine hay or clover hay, | dc
not think | would feed any cot
ton seed meal at all, because it is
bad to feed unless you can mix it
with something else. If | did
not have any peavine or clover
hay, | would certainly put some
cotton seed meal in 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 interest 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 ev-
cry year thousands Of dollars
worth of our cotton seed meal.
Nobody is benefited by this but
the railroads. If we keep our
cotton seed meal at home to feed
it will help us, and DR.. Butler
says it will help our horses and
DIR. Butler knows.