Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-16

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gon vetch was in beautiful condition, A
hard freeze which you probably recollect
came abou 1.-THE 18th OF January and kill
ed 1t OUT completely. 1t was then any
where from one foot to Is inches high
and was affording most excellent grazing
for our hogs and calves. The hairy vetch
which had developed comparatively little
at that time, was .uninjured by the freeze
and made a splendid growth thereafter
and furnished. excellent grazing during
the early spring and was later cut and
cured into hay. When sown with oats
it makes very good bulk Of hay and
an excellent quality. In fact, no bet
ter hay can be grown anywhere than a
mixture of oats and hairy vetch VIII af-
ford. Our experience OF last year has
led us to try this fall seeding Oregon
and hairy vetch together with oats so
we might have the oregon vetch for ear
ly grazing and the hairy vetch for late
grazing. In the south and southeastern
parts Of the state the Oregon vetch is
more likely to succeed and give better
satisfaction than with us as the freezes
are not likely to- be so severe as at the
higher elevation prevailing here.
We SOW from 20 to 80 pounds Of vetch
seed per acre with a bushel Of oats, rye
wheat or barley, as the case may be. We
prefer the combination of oats and vetch
for grazing and for hay-making as well.
We find, however, that the rye is much
harder than the oats and that 1t is we'll
to have a pasture of rye and vetch as
well as rye and oats. For instance, we
have some rye and Yetch now which is
naarlV raadV fn Much
ture may be had from this crop by early
seeding in the fair There is no objec-
ton to sowing svetch yet in fact, It may
be sown up to- the first of December,
but our experience leads us to believe
that better results and larger yields will
always be secured from early seeding.
RATIONs SUITABLE FOR MILK COWS
G. r. c., eAdairsville, Ca, writes;
Please give me a. good formula for feed
Ing milk cows have cotton seed COT
ton seed meal, ,hulls, sheled oats, ear
corn and brandt can mix any of the
above and crush and then grind on burr
min in fine meal.5 I am persuaded with
proper balancing and then grinding I can
reduce reduce my feed pills. At..
AT the present prices prevailing for cot
ton seed and,cotten seed meal II will pay
you to sell the seed and exchange for
meal, provided you can get as much as
l, 500 pounds OF meal per ton OF seed
The objection TO feeding cotton seed to
cows is found in the excessive amount Of
oil they contain and which tends to
scour the animals and also to influence
the quality Of the butter unfavorably. You
can make almost an ideal ration for dairy
COWS by feeling g. pounds OF cotton seed
meal, 3 pounds of bran and to 4 pounds
of oats or corn This will make you a very
expensive ration however. since shelled
oats, ear corn and bran furnish the d.
gestib1e nutrients needed by the COW at
a much higher relative cost than cot
ton seed meal. We have fed a ration of
s pounds OF wheat bran and 4 pounds
of cotton need meal for long periods with
great satisfaction We have also fed a
ration of pounds Of corn and 4 pounds OF
cotton seed meal TO good advantage. Our
herd OF cows here at the college has been
maintained on a ration of pure cotton
seed meal as the sole concentrate for two
years past. We have not had a single case
of garget or caked udder in that time, and
the cows are in a healthy and thriving
condition. This makes us feel that cotton
seed meal is as good a concentrated food
as we can provide II it is fed with dis
erection. One pound OF cotton seed meal
contains three times as much digestible
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times as much as a pound of corn; there
FORE It should not be fed in excessive
amounts. When our cows are on good
pasture we feed one to three pounds de-
pending on the milk flow. In the winter
time we double this amount feeding from
four to six pounds, depending on the size
of the COW and the milk flow. We de-
termine about how much to feed by
weighing the milk from our COWS and
testing ana taf Inf
is an increase Of milk from a given in
crease of meal We therefore think YOU
may feed cotton seed meal to your hero
with perfect safety and satisfaction IL
you study the individuality Of your cows.
We are satisfied there is no source of
protein as cheap as high-grade cotton
seed meal. Probably a somewhat more
ideal ration can be made by combining
the cotton. seed meal and bran or oats
as suggested above for dairy cows II
gives greater variety TO the ration and
possibly the bran has somewhat bene-
fetal effect from q physiological point
of view. Z 90: s ~ sss:
50 far A. aasis are concerned, the
best proportion IN which to feed them
to cows is one pound of meal to four
TO ave of hulls. We do not consider
hqlls an ideal roughness for the
dairy COW. however. Well preserved
and carefully prepared shredded
slower is better We would not buy
hay to feed in the place of hulIs
and slower. A little psavine hay.
about FIVE pounds per day, fed with
the slower will Improve the quality
Of the ration. Millet and peavines
also make fair Foughness for cows.
The ideal ration for the dairy herd,
where you intend to make a speciality
of the business, Is silage You can
build a round, stave silo at about
s150 to $500 per ton of capacity,
and It will last you for many years,
and you can cut your corn, sorghum
and peas in the summer and run
them into the silo and have a food
stun which, makes an ideal substitute
for grass.
It will pay any farmer who has
not a large quantity of silage on
hand to prepare winter pasture for
his. cows. This may be done by SOW