Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-29

Next il goes to the horizontal screen, and
through shakers and fans where the
huls, the chaffs and broken kernels are
separated from the good ones. The rice
then passes to the huller which takes OF
the outer cuticle and much of the gluten
layer OF the grain, together with the
germ. 1T then passes through screens and
fans where the bran or meal is removed
from the clean grain. when it is polished
and is then ready for the market.
The by-product Of rice are therefore
rice hulls which may be sold either IN
the coarse condition or ground. AS a
stock food they have absolutely no feed
ing value, and owing to the structure
of the grain and the thickness of the
fibers of which it is composed, have prov
en- Injurious when fed in any quantity
to stock. The second product is rice meal
or brain It is the most nutritious of the
rice feeds because Ii contains the most
protein and fat, and would make a very
good food stun If kept pure and free
from adulteration with hulls. but this Is
one of the serious troubles with which
those using rice bran have to contend.
Rice polish contains less fat and pro-
tein than the meal, but a higher percent
age of starch.
We Judge that the sample sent us con-
tains a high per cent of husk and is OF
doubtful value on this account. For this
reason we would not feed it to horses
because the horse has Aelicately orga-
nized digestive system wnen compared
with some other classes of animals, and
you will find it more satisfactory to use
corn, oats and cotton seed meal for
horses and COWS than a food stuff OF
uncertain composition. If this material
is for sale in the state you can easily
ascertain what it's analysis may be, ana
of course with the analysis before you,
1t would be much easier to determine lts
real feeding value in comparison with
other substances and to answer more
definitely whether you can afford to pay
s15 q ton for it or not. Pulverizing the
bulls will not aid materially in their di-
gestion.
BY mixing together 100 pounds OF
cotton-seed meal, $50 pounds of oats ana
800 pounds of corn and COW meal, you
can make an excellent ration for horses.
This should be fed with II to 10 pounds
of Bermuda or pea vine hay per lOOo
pounds of live weight. For cows good
ration is pounds of cotton-seed meal,
pounds of corn and cob meal and II
pounds of slower, 10 pounds of pea vine
hay, or 40 pounds of silage. Where you
can obtain pure rice bran, you may feed
3 pounds of cotton-seed meal, pounds
of rice bran, to 10 pounds OF pea vine
hay and 80 to 40 pounds of silage. For
hogs we would feed cotton-seed meal only
in very limited quantities. 1t should GER
tainly not be more than one-fifth of the
ration 1t is best fed in fermented con-
dition, and should not be used for more
than 80 to 60 days at a time. There is
much less danger in feeding it if the an
imals have green feed to Craze on. At
the end of about 90 days you should cut
il out of the ration for a period of 30
days. and you may then replace 1t. The
balance of the grain ration for hogs
should consist of corn. The addition of
even a small amount of cotton-seed meal
to the ration of hogs has proven a de-
cided benefit in stimulating gains and
improving the quality of the meat
For poultry any of the cereal grains
fed whole or made into mash and fed
along with ash material. such as bones
burned and ground. meat meal and plenty
of green feed should prove satisfactory
TOP DRESSING OATS AND COTTON
w. L. H., Triton. Ca, writes: ! am
thinking of using some nitrate as top
dressing for oats, and also on my cotton
after laying ii by in July or August. VIII
it pay me in either case, and If so, when
and how should l apply it? l intend to
use also a 1924 and a 1925 fertilizer at
the rate of 600 pounds per acre in three
to try for a bale to the acre.
Nitrate of soda makes an excellent top
dressing to use on oats. In fact, oats
respond to the use of nitrate as well as
any crop with which we are familiar. Top
dressings should be made at the rate of
$50 pounds per acre. and the nitrate
should be put on any time within the next
two or three weeks. AS soon as vigorous
growth commences will be a good time
to apply it, Sometimes two applications
are more beneficial than one. In that
instance, 100 pounds should be used at
each time. The first may be put short
ly after good growth starts in the spring.
and the second just a few days before
the oats begin to shoot into head. The ne
cessity of using two applications of nj
tIate will depend on the natural fertil-
ity of the land and the character of
growth made during the early spring. IL
there is evidence of the development of
plenty of straw, second application will