The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-11

" lites Professor Massey in the Trib-
Farme' Fresh, bright meal that
IE the normal bright yellowish green
.DOE can safely be fed in connection
kF good roughage, IL not fed in too
n an amount. While l value cot
~ Iced meal and believe that the
- Ehern farmers should keep more
ESa at home and feed~it to cattle, I
II now that the injudicious feeding of
1fhe meal. especially that which has
fNsot old and changed to a brownish
Iieo'or and has developed fungous
.&rowtn that is as poisonous as ergot.
lss led to serious losses.
N A A>oairyman in North Carolina came
Gto the conclusion that he had the
best and cheapest COW feed in the
world-cottonseed meal and cotton
seed hulls-and he went to feeding
these literally as the sole ration. Ere
long he began to lose cows. and final
iy discovered that It was his ration
! that vas doing the mischief. He
A changed to a better ration. with pea
vine hay End corn silage, and. while
still feeding some cottonseed meal.
M Is very cautious as to what meal
MI feeds and how much.
n jWhere one has plenty of cowpea
and corn sto'er or silage he can
ISOff fhtsbly feed two ard a half to
of lee pounds of good bright cotton
led meal daily. While analysis will
eesnw that the hulls have some food
tybnlue. tie tax on the vital energy OF
Cd animal to digest them maxes them
C11l lor feeo. and the best place for the
ttonscet hulls is as an absorbent
\ ter the manure cutters.
woAnd yet 20 into the cotton growing
! :. ttions ard you will find men call
themseves farmers buying baled
! ne lis in tom to carry home for feed
sitten they ould grow the finest of
h .:Eage in nas and crimson clover.
"i'ere is 70 dubt that fed iudiciously.
h teSfth plenty { good roughage. the
iur4tonseef nal is the cheapest ard
an1r, '' fsd vtS ~" nn,i ,nIt can ga ,o oe mad, @
! ed fGhage, tee is nothing that will
She cattle fatsr
! M .Some yeas ago an experiment was
IECE made at the North Carolina
h WH rlturalEyperiment Station in
z to fteninS h@es on cottonseed meal
\ tb;Jd huieS. l@y gained very we'll for
Sout eightNays and then began to
} tness bloody ire. Some OF this was
gropuSht TO :? laboratory, and 7
,~olpwed at or that it was crowded
/ th crrstalsf nitrate of urea. ard
, sand them tt the feed must ston
: <3ph mere or the animals would die
} - m uraemic poisoning.
iThis SOFT Of feeding will make beef
an strong IS mutton. and butter hard
1ehite and crumbling, with a rank
,.jvor. Atan institute in North Caro-
Ia some years ago the director OF
ahe station who was an enthusiast in
due faadiC! Of meal and bulls. said
hat Professor Massey was the only
ne he eve knew who said that he
opuld tell ieef that had been fattened
ON meal and hulls from the odor. At
.snce sevsal men arose and told him
lteSt the,couid tell it easily-in fact,
huhve oiers to my butcher that IL he
undt M ottonseed meal beef would
7 ays rturn it at once.
z phA p,fessor OF agriculture in a
y S1d6thft agricultural college once
sS~.xJ tme: II can feed cottonseed
me t. cows till they will make pure
oldbma garine instead Of butter" and
thfSe I. no doubt tha. the excessive
feedingcf cottnaseeG meal is not only
daaserms. but that the product in
heaf ar, butter are unfit for human
c3psum ton
And ~. rs have said. know that
the rlea is the best and chea pest pro-
tsir feedthat farmer can use. If the
msal Is :esh and is fed in limited
qrantitie along with first class for
ate. TIL thing we need to fear is
the incauious advice of the enthusi-
aEs for neal feeding, who argue SIM
ply from ae analysis of the article.
AS 20 he danger OF abortion.
t,ink tia is slight If the meal is
fesn ard he amount used is not ex-
A essiye. bu with ODD meal this is GER
eiSssv-,a .dnger. Eut all over the
south w need 20 encourage more
jtock feding The cotton farmers
|, 4re selliIy million of dollars worth
IL ritroen from their soils ard then
Frying toreDlace it with a tenth part
bf what hey sell. and | have often
IL - m 20 keen the cottonseed
4neal AZ n.mr ~ not selling the seed.
/, b. r~nN'.a,s" it for meal and hClis
q IA tha C.' ,''E the oil having no fer
Il lii.IilC vrr. nd then to grow good
Jforagn an, f,eI the meal iudiciously
jand use t.:.nUlIs for bedding. as they
: jarr bCrter TN planer shavings for
!, anS E,purp fa tlougn rot much better
sar feed
III IN tart ! would Ike to see the day
lv-ten rota upund OF cottonseed meal
/, ises ssid nuL 4 the South. but all re-