Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-08-30
QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT

The marked tendency observed at the
present time TO reduce cotton seed meal
with huIls and other low grade material
Is to be deplored. for IT is bound to have
an undesirable effect in the long run
In fact. the Injurious results OF this prac-
tfce are beginning 10 make themselves
felt already. The reduction OF meal can
only result in inturing the reputation
Of cotton seed meal and limiting its use
as a foodstun and fertilizer. IL means
TO place IL IN direct competition with
other foods and fertilizers, when II Is
clearly In a class BY itself IL kept pure.
When kept pure the friction and con-
tinuous disputes between the purchaser
and seller and between farmer and oil
mill men VIII be thing OF the past. the
reduction OF cotton seed meal 70 any con-
siderable extent means 10 place II on
a par in feeding value with the cold
pressed product or caddo cake. A ton OF
pure cotton seed meal contains 754 pounds
Of protein, SIS pounds OF carbohydrates
and "a pounds OF fat. LEO pounds OF
meal mixed with 400 pounds OF hulls
contain 56A4 pounds Of protein. 41-s
pounds OF carbohydrates and 90 pounds
OF fat. This would be 1875 pounds less
OF protein. SIS pounds more OF carbohy-
drates and AZ pounds less OF fat than
ton OF pure meal should contain. Yet
We think these figures are fair as many
oil mill men are now turning out LOCO
pounds OF heal and hulls per ton Of seed
To do this as has been suggested, means
the placing OF cotton seed meal virtual
" on a par with linseed and gluten meal.
q ton Of the former containing So pounds
OF protein. go pounds OF carbohydrates
and S. pounds OF fat: and ton OF the
latter. sic pounds OF protein. zS pounds or
carbohydrates and 20 pounds Of fat
In tests made at the Virginia station
I'm which a pure sample Of linseed meal
and an overly reduced sample OF cotton
seed meal we've fed. the following re-
suits were obtained: With linseed meal
a gain OF lz3 pounds per head per day
at a cost OF I1-si cents; with cotton seed
meal the gain was LIS pounds per day at
a cost OF l2s cents per pound. There
Is more than mere imagination in the
danger which cOnfronts cotton seed meal
from reducing it's grade and quality by
the addition OF hulls.
At the Louisiana station, where caddo
cake was fed In comparison with cotton
seed meal. the following results were OBJ
tanned which vouch for the truth Of the
statement made with reference to the
danger confronting cottonseed meal when
reduced and brought in direct compari-
son with the cold pressed product. IL
was found. for instance. that when meal
sold for So a ton and hulls for IS that
caddo cake was worth 81; when meal
sold for 50 ton and hulls for IS. caddo
cake was worth s1s; when cottonseed
meal sold for SIS a ton and hulls for s.,
caddO cake was worth s1s.
Moreover, to add 100 pounds OF hulls
TO a ton OF cOttonseed meal means TO re-
duce its fertilIzing value very consider
ably. since there would be q pounds less
OF nitrogen, 10 pounds OF phosphoric acid
and pounds less OF potash per ton than
there would ordinarily be. This would
mean loss 10 the farmer at 10, and
cents respectively per pound OF plant food
OF $3.50 per ton. which means that cot
tOnseed meal ceases TO provide the farm
er with the cheapest available source OF
nitrogen To illustrate this point. when
high grade cottonseed meal. containing
per cent of nitrogen. 25 per cent OF
phosphor.c acid and Is per cent of pot
ash. sells for 80 a ton. as II did last fall.
the phosphoric acid and potash contain
ed in II 81 . and > cents respectively
would be worth $50 Subtracting this
from So would leave $3.50 The nitrogen
would. therefore. cost per pound on the
basis % 10 pounds per ton. ls.s cents.
With high grade nitrate OF soda az $50
per ton. the cost OF nitrogen per pound
est OF the farmer to use cottonseed meal
as the basis Of hts nitrogen. When cot
tonseed meal contains so pounds Of hulls.
however. the phOsphates and potash con-
tanned are worth $3.50 per ton. leaving 112
pounds OF nitrogen 20 cost 600 or IS
cents FER pound. When the farmer uses
low grade cottonseed meal on his crop
in the same amount be formerly used. he
T. not supplying much plant food as
he has been accustomed 10 use. which
accounts In some measure for farmers
now saying that cottonseed meal runs
out" a statement which Is being used
TO injure the ssle and use OF cottonseed
meal as fertilizer as much as possible
by those interested IN the manufacture
and sale Of other forms OF heterogeneous
fertilizers. II seems TO the writer that
these are matters which are worthy OF
the most careful and earnest considera-
ti0n at the hands % war association
There are few foof better adapted
for feeding TO beef G. ith hulls. silage
and legume hay "a ottonseed meal
We have tested it's merits for this pur-
pose very extensively. and can assure
al who are doubtful that cottonseed meal
nationally fed will not produce fat sick
ness or blindness Only pure. high grade
meal. however. should be fed to live
stock. and the trOughs should be kept
clean and free from rejected food. The
meal should be thoroughly mixed with
some form OF rOughness so that the ami
mails cannot gulp II down. and the feed
ing arrangement should be so adjusted
as 10 prevent strong animals from get
ting to the troughs and thus overeating.
1t is simple matter to mix meal and