Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-09

Who shall say that the soil would not
be materially improved by the use OF the
very considerable quantity Of farmyard
manure which would be applied 10 il as
a result OF feeding the cotton seed meal
now manufactured TO dairy cows and
other farm hive stock Moreover, animal
industries would be fostered materially
By utilizing the meal for feed profit
able business developed. anu our home
markets supplied in abundance at re-
rnunerative prices with what we may
now almost regard as Injuries A good
COW win give two gallons Of milk a day
for az least eleven months Of the year,
or 90 DAYS. She can be fed where stlage
Is used as the roughness and at present
prices for meal at a cost OF about 5-5
cents a day. II we allow % cents for
feed. care and the cost OF delivering the
milk. when q sells for 8 cents gallon,
she viii make US a profit Of 50 cents a
day. II butter is sold at IS cents pound
3 profit OF Is cents a day will be obtain
ed with S cents more for the skim milk
produced. Thus. a cow milking for so
daysN would give a profit to her owner
OF SI65 per annum. II il costs ~ cents
a day TO keep COW and her milk brings
50 cents, the profit per year will be 80.
Even IL these figures are cut in two, the
and a man who can not operate dairy
and make his herd average this sum
should 10 out OF the business Since six
pounds Of cotton seed meal per day is an
ample ration OF this concentrate for
loo pound COW. a ton VIII feed her for
Ss3.s days. A COW yielding two gallons
OF milk would produce in this time 6oo.S
gallons. which at $ cents a gallon would
be worth S25S-3l. We may attribute
whatever parT OF this sum of money we
pIease to the individual merit OF the
COW, the skill OF the dairyman, the m
fhIence OF the silage or grass, or 10
such other concentrates as may be fed
with the cotton seed mail, and still II
must be apparent that from $40 10 80
profit can reasonably be expected from
feeding a ton Of cotton seed meal under
proper MANAGEMENT At least 50 per cent
81 the mineral matter contained in a ton
OF meal viii be vOided by The COW. which
al present prices for commercial fertil-
izers would amount TO about 81 ton,
or approximately the cost OF ton OF
meal leaving the dairyman the profit
OF so to $50 a ton cited above.
When will we recognize the opportuni-
~ which cotton seed meal has placed
within our reach, and utilize IL so as to
obtain at least the greater part OF its
potential value 10 southern agriculture.
When We reach this point the question
OF maintaining soil fertility will be
greatly sfmplified. for at present we are
not making enough cotton seed meal 70
feed 800 pounds per annum TO the animals
clzssed as dairy cows In the south.
The weddings OF q horse weighing Loo
pounds are worth Zach year about S-4-I4;
from a COW OF equal weight, S-s.zl. The
animals on Georgia farms at the present
time make annually this basis fertilizer
worthy approximately s40c90 ,0ooi yet IL Is
safe 10 say comparatively little attention
Is given TO this by-prOduct, so important
and essential not only I'm the mainte-
nance OF fertility. but 10 profitable crop
growing as we'll Here Is a leak amount
ing 10 millions OF domars in the aggre-
gate which may be stopped by develop
ing animal industries and taking care Of
the farmyard manure. which rs a by
product OF this industry.
The farmer who maintains a herd OF
thirty COWS which can be done on 10
acres OF land will ind IL necessary to
purchase about Is tons of cotton seed
meal At 50 a ton his outlay will be
40. Eighty per cent Of the plant food
contained in the meal should be returned
10 the soil. and this would amount 10
approximately 2S00 pounds OF nitrogen,
Loo pounds OF phosphoric acid and Loo
pounds OF potash. He should grow enough
surplus on his farm to enable him to buy
this meal without taking funds from ms
manure applied to his land would not be