The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-11-13
Beef Cattle Net Profit on the Farm.

ment ef SOUND pOllIlcS, Sucn Wotal
confusion, and political subterfuge-'
Beef Cattle Net Profit on the Farm.
The average farmer thinks he IS a
specialist, asd that he is wasting
time and money in trying to do any
thing else. There is theory that
in the limited area in this world
where cotton may be successfully
grown. and among the comparatively
few men on earth who really under
stand the production Of cotton, 1t
would be a perversion Of Nature for
these few men in this limited area
to attempt anything but tn grow cot
ton. The thing which stands in the
way of this argument IS the great
subject of by-products. There is
scarcely manufacturing enterprise
in the world today THAI could prot-
tably continue business on the basis
of the production of one single ar
ticle, without the utilization OF the
other products which are the incl
dental output in connection with the
main article.
Not many years ago, the cotton
farmer overlooked the fact that his
product was seed cotton. He thought
it was lint cotton. He threw the seed
away. and would have thanked any
one to haul them off the farm. But
now, every producer of cotton knows
he could not survive without taking
into account the enormous value of
lis cotton seed, which might be called
:. by-product. If he raises 100 bales
Of cotton, worth about $4,000, he in
aidentally raises so tons of cotton
seed, which he can sell for about
$1,000. thus adding to the value OF
the main crop about Is per cent
This Is per cent would be considered
by any manufacturer as fine profit
on his business. This matter has
become so well known, that it is no
longer discussed as mooted ques-
ton
There is a by-product Of the farm
that is just as obvious as cotton seed,
and is now just as widely ignored as
was cotton seed forty years ago. This
is cattle raising. It is even more
than a by-product. 1t is almost
necessity. The intelligent raising OF
cattle on farm in the cotton region
costs less money Though perhaps
more conscious thought) and pro-
duces more return than any other
one branch Of the business. 1t is
not alone in the market value OF the
beef or dairy products, but it is in the
almost immeasurable value to the
cotton lands themselves. The cot
ton farmer who raises large herd OF
cattle becomes. in a sense, a manu-
facturer who uses raw material OF
his own production. and make In
ished product of high commercial
value. while the process Of nanufac-
ture not only costs him nothing-ex-
cept thought-but actually adds to
his resources in the enrichment OF
his lands. so he can grow more cot
ton and produce more beef which
enables him to grow still more cot
ton and produce still more beef.
The present commercial value OF
cotton seed meal is based on ore of
two things, according to the local
ity. namely Cd the value of its nitro
gen as a fertilizer, in comparison with
the value of the nitrogen in other
available fertilizing chemicals; or
(2) the value Of its nitrogen as a
feed stuff in comparison with the
value Of the nitrogen in other avail
able feed stutfs. But now the great
and comparatively new truth is being
discovered that with the proper
manipulation. the true value OF cot
ron seed meal is not an alternative
one, but a cumulative one, that is,
it's value is made up of the sum OF
the nitrogen value as feed, and the
nitrogen value as a fertilizer. IhlS
truth cannot long remain dormant:
but while it is dormant to the far
mer who does not read and study, is
the golden harvest time for the tar
mer who thinks. When he buys a
ton of cotton seed meal at Its feed
valuation. say SIS per ton, he should |
nse this value as a feed, and should |
save the resultant manure from the
cattle. and use the fertilizer value Of |
,he meal, say s2s, and thus make 100 /,
oer cent IN his investment in meal.
and realize as incidental profit, all
~ the l,oof tor the butter as The case
NAV bel ,aich his skill and foresight
.an prodr
A recen, ,ook called Cotton and
Cotton Oil by D. A. Tompkins.
reats ver,- lilly Of feeding cattle on
.otton seed meal and hulls. It shows
hat one ton of hulls and 400 pounds
# meal will fatten a thousand pound
teer fit for the most fastidious mar
.et. The book contains most cur
Gus diagram. showing cycle OF
perations. involving cotton seed pro-
ucts and their relation to farm life,
nd human life in general.