Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-16

before being applied 20 the soil has been
realized for many years. SCt Il Is DOUBT
ful IL the importance OF doing TINS was
ever so completely reduced 10 a staIis-
teal proposition as BY recent investisa-
tons made in South Carolina where IL
was shown that rs pounds OF meal and
so pounds OF bulls applied directly 10
the soil made 40 pounds OF lint cotton
over no fertilizer. When similar
amount OF meal and hulls was fed TO a
COW and the resulting manure. amount
Ing TO AIS pounds. applied 10 the land.+Zs
pounds % lint cotton were obtained. or
IN increase OF los pounds OF lint cotton
from feeding the meal and hulls before
applying 10 the soil
On this basis one ton OF meal and four
tons o. hulIs would give an increase OF
s.sl4o pounds Of lint cotton when led TO
a COW over its its direct application 10
the soil TX all the meal produced in the
southern states had been so utilized last
year, there would have been raised. ac-
cordirg 10 these figures. 2.742.sS5 more
ba'es OF cotton than were actually grown.
At $50 bale this would represent a gain
Of Si57.i4s.7S3 Suppose that only one-third
OF the benefit which these figures credit
20 cotton seed meal when fed through
the coz obtained in actual practice. This
would represent In round numbers more
A
say that the people OF the south are los
ing in the aggregate. because OF the
failure TO properly utilize cotton seed
and it's by-products. more than 800
1000 a year2i II does not seem so il
these figures have any basis OF truth
in them Yet we are spending but
trihing sum for education-the one way
BY which we can convert the tide OF
ignorance and prejudice into dollars and
cents. and make the worn and wasted
landscape more beautiful and fertile
than in the days when the pioneer first
took possession OF IT,
Theory is a beautiful thing and the
splendid patriotism OF many OF our
statesmen is TO be greatly admired. but
for real results in the permanent uplift
OF all the people. IL viii pay us to pin
our faith TO the COW. But as all know.
there are all kinds OF cows, and only
those OF real worth viii help us in re-es-
tablishing the supremacy Of the south in
trade and industry. Education of the
right tySe. therefore. is essential and
what We need is a permanent and lib
eral endowment Of all institutions which
devote any share Of their attention and
consideration 10 disseminating informa-
tion which will enable our people to
become expert in the breeding. feeding
and management OF live stock OF all
classes
At this Juncture it will be we'll to
pause and consider for a moment some
thing about the theory Of feeding live
stock in Order that an intelligent con-
ceptiOn may be had OF the high value
which is properly accorded TO cotton seed
meal II is probable that less attention
has been given TO the scientific nutrition
OF live stock than 70 almost any other
problem in the history OF southern az
riculture- This is shown by the fact in
Atlanta alone s9.oOo mules were sold
last spring At value Of about So. 500 OO0.
n Is probable that most OF these mules
went into the state OF Georgia. WHY
should Georgia, for instance, with her
capacity for growing almost every use
ful crop known ITO man. buy mules?
There is no reason in the world. save
that IL is a neglected industry. There
Is no reason why such a tribute should
be exacted rom the cotton farmers of
the state every year, save for the fact
that thousands OF mules are annually
DESTROYED or cease to be useful at an age
astO1ishinsiy young through Indifferent
feeding. care and management. This
statement Is not made without founda
ton in fact. as the correspondent re-
ceived at the college shows a woeful lack
OF Information in this particular. Yet
similar conditions prevail In every other
southern state Is Il not time that we
were thinking something about the "a
tional nutrition OF live stock? That our
Tations can be greatly improved
through the Intelligent use Of cotton seed
meal all agree who have investigated
the subject We feed primarily for
growth. milk wool. fat, work and main
tenance- While all Of these processes re-
Quire more or less protein. the first three
GO so in particular. and II Is for this
reason that cotton seed meal Is so
highly valued as a foodstufT. Protein is
the most expensive element and the most
dinicult 10 obtain in the nutrition OF
live stock: yet il Is absolutely essential
20 the well being OF every animal mad
ND as IL Is Of a frame work Of bones
covered with muscles and nerves. nour-
ished by the circulation OF the blood. In
animals we find the principal ingredients
10 be water ash, protein and fat. in
foodstu1s- water, ash. protein, fat and
carbohydrates
Since t. is necessary on practically
every farm TO buy some protein food
stun Ii Il any wonder that cotton seed
meal. richer than any other foodsturr
produced on the continent when pure.
should prove the cheapest source from
which this necessary element can be oh
tained?And IL this is true. as il unoues-
tionably is, how remarkable that II has
not been more generally used by farmers
in nourishins those classes OF ami
mails 20 which il is especially adapted.
II has been said that there are not
enough animals 20 consume the cotton
seed meal and hulls now made in the
southern states. One example will be
cited to show the fallacy OF this state
ment- II has been clearly demonstrated