The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1907-05-17
BEST FOOD FOR HORSES.
Save Money and Have Better Stock.b
Using Cotton Seed Meal.

At a meeting of the South Caro-
lima Live Stock Association, held at
Columbia, S. c., on Feb. 8th and 9th
an address full of practical advice,
backed by scientific knowledge, was
delivered by the eminent, DR.. TAFT
Butler, of Raleigh, N. c., on "Practi-
cal Stock Feeding in the South" DR..
Butler is a recognized authority on
feeds and what he says should have
special weight and influence through
out the entire south, and that part
of his discussion touching the feeding
of horses, mules and colts is Of spec
ial Importance TO the southern breed
or.
In the official report OF the general
discussion which followed Dr.. But
ler's address, this occurs DR.. But
Ter was asked:
You speak Of feeding horses cot
ton seed meal. What about the
muscular forming properties of cot
tonseed meal compared to corn and
Oats?"
DR.. Butler: There is enough
known about feeding horses cotton
seed meal for me to state that if you
had a horse that we're feeding
IA pounds of corn daily, that you
could take out fOur pounds Of that
corn n put in two pounds of cot
ton seed meal II get better results.
Not because corr is not the best food
we have for supplying heat and ener-
gy, but there Is another thing needed.
When a horse that supplies o mus
cular energy he is burning up his
muscles just as you burn coal in 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 lot contain 1t in sufficient guam
tity. A little cotton seed meal is
better than an additional amount OF
corn. When you are already feeding
your horse stover and ten pounds of
corn, | would rather have two pounds
OF cotton seed meal added than four
pounds of corn. / would rather have
two pounds Of cotton seed meal add
ed than four pounds Of oats. Corn
is a splendid horse feed, but we l.
wasting owe w million dollars a
yGar in South Carolina feeding an
all-cOrn ration.
in what proportion would you
feed corn and cotton seed mcal?"
DR.. Butler: "That would depend
upon your hay"
"Plenty Of hay?"
DR.. Butler: "An average ration for
a thousand pound horse doing real
hard work, is about Is pounds of
grain and ~ to Is pounds Of hay.
In stead of Is pounds Of fodder and
10 pounds of corn ! would take 5
pounds Of grapevine hay and Z to 8
pounds Of slower and then add 10
pounds of corn and 2 pounds Of cot
ton seed meal and get better results.
If | had oats and cotton seed meal at
all, because 1t is bad to feed unloss
you can miX 1t with something else.
If | did not have any peavne 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
tho highest authority, and should in
tcrcst every farmer and horse owner
in the South. We send thousands Of
dollars into the northwest every year
corn. We send into the north
west every year thousands of dollars
worth of our cotton seed meal. No
body is benefited by this but the rail
roads. If we keep our cotton seed
meal at home to feed 1T will help us,
and DR.. Butler says 1t will help our
horscs-and Dr.. Butler knows.