Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-13
fertilizer he has already produced in the

corn crop.
The ideal method of handling the corn
crop In the south where hay is high
priced and scarce is to cut the stalks and
bind securely In shocks. The stalks may
be cut by hand with a sickle or with a
corn harvester. The shocks should be
set up securely and tied tightly With
binder Irvine, the Irvine being doubled or
quadrupled and drawn very tight; at least
two to three ties should be put on. one
three or four feet from the top, one two
feet from the top, and one close to the
top. II the shocks are bound close to-
gether they will shed the water, and the
inside OF the shock will keep green and
In good condition and the leaves be pre-
served. After the fodder has stood in the
shock until late in the fall and we'll
cured. It should be hauleo to the barn
and either cut or shredded. Blow 1t into
a large open shed or loft and let IL lie
loosely so the air will circulate through
II and dry it out more completely. After
this Il may be baled II desirable and will
bring a fair price on the market, IL the
farmer can not use It, We have Kept
horses for a number of years during the
winter exclusively on shredded slower, and
we feed more or less to our dairy cows
and young stock during the winter season.
We have fed shredded slower in con-
junction with timothy hay and have OBJ
tanned the following results. The cost
of making milk where shredded slower
was the principal roughness fed was SOS
cents per gallon. and the cost of making
butter, 1895 cents per pound. Where
mixed hay, mostly timothy was fed to the
entire lot of COWS with the same grain
ration, the cost OF a gallon of milk was
5.26 cents, and OF a pound of butter, 1896
cents. There was comparatively little diff
ference, as you will see therefore, be-
tween the feeding value of shredded sto-
yer and timothy hay; yet the sredded sto-
yer is a waste product on most Of our
farms, not even being utilized, whereas,
timothy hay is often bought at from SIS
10 $24 a ton. Timothy hay, according to
its digestible constituents and the results
II has given in feeding trials is a very
much overestimated foodstuff. Many OF
our people lament their inability to de-
velop stock farming and maintain their
stock in q satisfactory condition because
they do not have timothy hay, but as long
as we can make shredded slower as a by
product Of the corn crop we have no
cause for complaint. as thousands upon
thousands Of tons OF slower which would
make excellent hay are allowed to go to
waste In Georgia and the south every
year. This is one OF the ways by which
our farmers can enrich themselves by
several millions OF dollars every year and
now spent for western hay and other
long feed In experiments made In the
north where they grow hay abundantiy.
they consider slower to have feeding
value OF one-third to one-half that OF
timothy and clover hay, and here in the
south 1t certainly enjoys higher feed
ing value.
Let us stop the ancient folly of pulling
fodder and save all the corn crop and
utilize Il as suggested, and keep our
stock in better condition during the fali
and winter. Let us abandon, the pur-
chase of western foodstuffs when he have
something at home that will answer Just
as well. There is no reason why the
farmer should buy bulls to feed live stock
when he has or may have an abundance
of fodder. The feeding value of slower
has been fully demonstrated. 1t is simply
a matter for the farmers now to proceed
TO utilize this material advantageously.
Let us all get together and utilize what
nature has given us, and we Will maze
progress along the lines OF animal INDUS
try and will keep much OF our hard-earn-
ed money made out of the cotton crop at
home and be more prosperous all around.
am indebted to you for the suggestion, |
and hope that many readers of The Jour-
nal will be constrained by reason OF these
statements to utilize the slower crop this
fall.
HOW MUCH BEEF FROM A TON OF |
COTTON SEED MEAL? /
G. B. c., st. George, Ca, writes:
note that you say you have obtained 900
pounds of beef from a ton of cotton seed |
meal; also with high-grade cattle you |
have made a pound of grain from the |
consumption of "a pounds OF meal When |
fed with corn silage and legume hay. DO |
you mean that 1t took the silage and the |
"a pounds of meal to make pound or
grain? I estimate that I can make about /
$3.50 per head on feeding cattle, the fertil- |
ixer TO be worth the work. One would run !
a great risk with cattle here that had |
never had ticks. Sheep seem to do better |
than anything else here. but whether they 1
would do inclosed so the dogs could not 1
get them is a question.
The context from which my statement |
that 800 pounds of beef could be made
from a ton of cotton seed meal was OBJ
tanned shows clearly that to do this the /
meal must be fed with ration of silage
and peavine hay. In other words, every |
time a pound of grain was obtained with |
the hiRh-grade Hereford cattle used in
the feeding experiment, 81 pounds of cot
ton seed meal were consumed and about
Is pounds Of silage. The cost OF pound
Of grain where this ration was fed was
from s TO 6 cents. and 1t is for this rea-
SON that I suggested that cotton seed
meal and silage made cheap and eco
nonlical ration for beef production when
fed to high grade cattle. The cost of
pound of grain as you will see, was about
as you have figured II out. When you feed
huIls. you will probably find the cost run
up somewhat higher. Cattle are stall fed
in the north at a cost of more than
cents a pound for feed and handled at
profit exclusive of the benefit which L
comes from the manure. The manure will
more than Offset the labor Of feeding, AMI
there are few things we can apply to the
land which will prove as beneficial as
farnyard manure. Where the land is de-
void of vegetable matter as 1t frequently
is, Il Is relatively worth great deal
more than the commercial valuation Of
the plant food contained would Indicate
with native cattle purchased at the
price suggested by you. and handled so
as to bring cents and with the gain
made you anticipate, you should be able
with meal and bulls to feed them at a
fair profit, probably as you suggest not
over s. per head. but the manure will be
worth more than you probably calculate
and you should not lose sight Of the ben