Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-12-20

IL is gratifying TO see the growing
interest developing in the winter feed
ing Of beef cattle in the south. This
much neglected industry is being slim
ulated somewhat by the proposed estab-
lishment OF packing plants in various
OF our larger cities For the informa-
tion OF the public IL should be said that
cold storage plants owned in some in
stances by municipalities where the pop
ulation is not in excess of $4,000 to 90
GEO have proven profitable investments
IL Is needless TO say that the establish
ment OF such a center means to stimu-
late the winter feeding OF beef cattle
in the vicinity OF our towns and cities
end thus give a new impulse 10 agricul-
tural industry and convert a part of the
enormous sum OF money now annually
sent out OF the southern states for the
purchase OF the necessities of life into
q permanent asset and available work
ing capital for the further endowment
and expansion OF home industries
The failure TO develop the beef indus
try more rapidly up 10 this time is
largely due to a lack OF appreciation
OF the true feeding value of cotton seed
meal and hulls and other forms of
roughness which may be used advanta-
geously for this purpose in the south
IL has often happened also that MANY
Who have attempted to feed cattle have
not selected the animals with care as 70
breeding and desirable qualities, kept
them free of ticks or fed them under
rational conditions There is a right
way TO do everything. and the more
nearly II is done in accord with the die
tateS Of nature the greater the returns
10 the farmer.
In feeding beef cattle on meal and
bulls one should first erect some type OF
cheap shelter to protect the feeding
troughs and the animals during bad
weather. We are inclined TO conclude
that because our winters are not severe
like those OF the north that no shelter
is needed. Our cold. wet rains. however
produce as much discomfort TO animals
as the more severe weather OF norther
climates Therefore, some protection
against the damp. raw winds and heavy
rainfall is essential. For the feeding
OF few cattle. such as should be kept
on every plantation. the erection OF a
suitable shelter may be accomplished
at \trifling cost Seme posts cut
from the woods and sunk into the
ground. boarded up on the north and
west sides and covered with some of
the special roofing materials now on
the market will afford adequate protec-
ton TO stock To turn cattle loose in
an open pen where the ground becomes
wet and the mud several inches deep
is a mistake They will fail TO thrive
under these conditions. and probably
some one viii say that the trouble is
due to the feeoIng Of meal and hulls
which produce sickness and blindness.
II is possible to take corn and kill an
animal; IL is equally possible TO take
cotton seed meal and hulls and accom-
plish the same result. In either in
stance thu foodSfurf would he used ir-
nationally. and when fat sickness OF
blindness occurs. IL is a distinct evil
ience OF mismanagement- In some in
stances the writer thinks. this has been
due to feeding the meal and hulls in
open feeding troughs and falling to
clean these out AS result. there Ia
an accumulation OF material which has