Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-15
Some Interesting Feeding Trials

OF Ohio and Illinois. and II becomes
very essential, therefore. that these
points be brought clearly home and emf
phasized for the beenfit OF our farmers
who still cling to the one-crop system
and permit one of their most valuable
products to be shipped away, or at least
exported from the state when IL could
be utilized at home, and made to dou-
BILE and treble the earning capacity OF the
farm worker.
In this connection, one OF the best
ways OF increasing the use OF cotton
seed products would be to have conduct
ed in Georgia a great series Of demon
stration experiments with beef and dairy
cattle, horses, sheep and swine. A few
OF those residents in the state under
stand the virtues OF cotton see dmeal,
but the great majority of our peopel
are not alive to its specia lvalue. The
people OF other sections do not realize
what it's use would mean to them. We
can only bring these truths home by
conducting Investigations on q scale that
will establish forever the value or cot
ton seed meal In live stock production,
and attract not only attention at home,
but abroad as well. II we are to adver-
tise cotton seed and It's by-products eff
fectively. the work must be undertaken
on a sufficiently comprehensive basis TO
attract the widest public attention and
consideration. No investment which the
state could make for the beneft OF its
own citizens or for the promotion Of
this industry is of more Importance than
the one here outlined; yet these inves-
LEGATIONS might be conducted at a cost
not to exceed $4,000 a year.
Realizing that there is an immense
amount OF waste land In Georgia which
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vet which will grow an abundance OF
grass capable of nourishing thousands of
head OF cattle. the College Of Agricul-
ture has established a herd OF grade
Herefords on a tract OF $50 acres OF
land a large part of which is not well
adapted to cultivation. At least half OF
this area Is wooded. There are 30 animals
in the herd at present, including calves.
The total cost laid down at Athens was
SsT-H W ehave reason to anticipate
crop OF Is calves, which at SIS per head
would be worth $40 This would be \
fair rental considering the nature of the
land and the part which can be used for
grazing crops The grass win materially
Increase on this area, and presently 60
head can be maintained. Provided only
20 yearlings are secured each year, these
would be worth $500, and would represent
a high rental for land of this character.
These cattle will be maintained on grass
during the summer. an don cotton seed
meal. such grazing as the range will
provide. and some corn sover and sor-
ghum fodder during the winter. SINH
lar results can be secured on thousands
OF acres OF unoccupied land in Georgia.
Cotton seed meal can be utilized advan-
tageously, and finished product put
on the market which will give an earn
ing vaiue To the land II now does not
AFFORD. and a good part OF the meat con-
sumed in the state grown at home. This
Is one of the ways in which cotton seed
products may be used most advantage
eousIy In Georgia since 1t costs US now
about $4,000 a week for meat purchased
outside the state.
The efficiency Of cotton seed meal In
dairy production and the opportunities
who hthis industry offers in the state
are best illustrated by the following cita-
tons from our herd records: