Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-08

good idea to keep a little rock salt in the
manger and feed some foods which con-
tain a larger amount of mineral matter
than corn. Probably by adding TO a ra-
tion of corn two pounds of cotton seed
meal per day, you will balance II up and
give it an efficiency which II does not
now possess. Oats also make an excel
lent food for horses as a change from
corn. Some legume hay will provide
larger amount of nitrogen than is con-
tanned, for instance, in corn slower and
some other crops which are sometimes
fed almost exclusively TO horses. We
think attention to these matters will
remedy the tendency Of which you COM
plain. Sometimes the trouble may be due
tc the presence of worms in the digestive
tract. In that case a good vermifuge
should be used. Give the medicine on an
empty stomach and follow by brisk
purgative to expel the worms from the
intestines. Turpentine Is an excellent
remedy, two ounces being a dose for ma
ture horses. The turpentine should be
given in cotton seed oil or some other
ma terial which will prevent II from Bills
tering the mouth and throat. The dose
should be repeated for two OF three days
in succession
The best treatment for wens is to
treat once daily until the parts begin
to get sore with tincture Of iodine.
FEEDING HULLS TO HORSES.
W. r. E, Camden, S. c., writes: I
wish to know II you think horses can
easily digest cottonseed hulls? If so,
can hulls be used instead Of hay, and
how many pounds per day would you
recommend?
1t does not occur to me that cottonseed
huns would be regarded as an easily d.
gestible foodstuff for horses. Probably
a fair average Of the digestion coeficients
of huIls would be 8 per cent of digesti-
BILE protein, 33.1 per cent of digestible car
bohydrates and Ii per cent of digestible
| fat. Timothy hay, on the other hand,
which is not considered a high grade
| foodstuff by any means, will show about
2s per cent of digestible protein, 44.S per
cent of digestible carbohydrates and IA
per cent OF digestible fat. Huus would
be much more valuable in our judgment
for Eliminating animals. such as cattle.
which can swallow them after a certain
degree of mastication and soften and re-
duce them in the paunch. The food Is
then regurgitated and remasticated and
passed on to another one of the four
stomachs with which all remnants are
! equipped and utilized to much better ad-
vantage than by animals Of a nervous
temperament, like the horse, and with a
more delicately constructed digestive
tract. The horse has a small stomach as
compared with the OK. and 1t is neces-
sary, therefore, to give a more concen-
trated food on that account. On the other
hand, we think per cent of hulls might
be mixed with cottonseed meal and corn
meal or such other products as are fed
to horses without any objection, but the
amount should be small in any case. I'm
der any circumstances we cannot con-
ceive how hulls can be used to replace
hay. Where they are fed a moderate
| amount only should be used in our judg-
ment, as they would not contain enough
protein and other elements to meet the
needs of the horse. While probably moth
ing definite has been established along
this line, IL is recognized that hay which
contains a good deal OF dust is bad and
to be avoided. We think, therefore, that
the feeding of hulls should be pursued
with caution. Where hulls are fed 1t oc-
ours to us that they might be used mixed
| in with the meal part OF the ration. This
would tend to give it bulk and insure the
horse masticating 1t more thoroughly. We
would not think over two or three pounds
per day should be utilized in this man
ner, and we believe It would be better to
| IeSo lnem ungrouuo rather imam IN
finely comminuted condition.
KEEPING CABBAGE FOR WINTER
USE.
j. S. s., Dudley, Ga, writes: Please
let me know IL there is any way to keep
cabbage for winter use. as 1 have large
supply and have no market for them.
If you refer to an attempt to keep
cabbage that are mature now or will
shortly mature for winter purpose, we can
make no suggestion Of any practical value
20 accomplish this end unless the cab
bage were put in cold storage. This
would hardly be profitable arrangement.
A better method for you to pursue to
have cabbage during the fall and winter
would be to plant out a crop say In Au-
gust. The seed should be sown very short
ly, and the young plants set as for a
spring and summer crop. Give them good
cultivation, and though they may not
make much growth for a while, as soon
as the weather cools off in the autumn
they will begin to grow vigorously and
will head up early in the fall. They can
be kept in the open through a good part
Of the winter. The Charleston Wakefield
and other varieties which are planted
70 heads