Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-07-15

For a long time the feeding OF cotton
seed meal to horses and mules has been
advocated The ration ordinarily used IN
the south is not adapted TO the needs OF
this class OF stock as q does not con-
tain enough protein. As result. the
digestive tract is buried out and oph-
Ihalmia and other disease are more
common than they should be Horses
and mules wear out before their time
and a tremendous burden is placed on
the farmer in purchasing costly AMI
mails TO replace those the efficiency or
which has been lessened through the use
81 an improper ration Every effort
should therefore be made TO induce the
farmers OF the south TO use cotton seed
neal as a portion OF the ration for
horses and mules. The high cost OF such
cereals as .orn and oats has even led
the farmers CT Iowa and other sections
10 consider the advisability OF using cot
ton seed meal as an adjunct in the ra-
ton OF this class OF stock. The Iowa ex-
pertinent station recently conducted an
Investigation in which they found that
sorn and cotton seed meal proved more
efficient than a ration OF corn and oats.
The saving effected by the use OF the
former ration was Is cents per day or
E-s4 for the year. They found also that
>otton seed meal gave better results
than linseed meal and that when corn
was valued at 50 cents and oats at ~
cents a busheI. cotton seed meal was
worth over SO per ton as an amendment
10 the ration OF horses.
These figures bear out the conclusion
reached in experiments conducted by the
writer and his associates. and IL Is quite
evident that as soon as these ideas be-
some disseminated TO any considerable
ww~ffN
come an important item in the ration OF
horses and mules both in the north and
south. Some times I fear we do not
realize the relation OF the live stock In
dustry to development OF a permanent
type OF agriculture. IL is all the more
regrettable that we should not do so
In the south because we have the con-
setnrates in cotton seed meal needed to
make the live stock industry marvellous
success. II Is not intended that the
following suggestions should be regard
"a as a criticism or In any sense q re-
nection. but IL Is quite evident that the
prosperity OF the south win be Increased
and our agriculture made permanent In
proportion to the success with which
we develop our animal Industries. To
this end the following interesting figures
are presented for the consideration OF
the reader.
In Georgia the investment in live stock
per inhabitant In 1889 was SS-Ts; the
earning capacity per farm worker over
ten years OF age per annum was uSS.es.
The investment In live stock per In
habitant In Ohio at the same time was
ri "A. and the earning capacity per farm
worker under the conditions mentioned
above, sS115s In Illinois the investment
In live stock per inhanitant was sn-sz
and the earning capacity per farm work
sr, s4zs.s0. Notice that doubling the value
Of the live stock materially Increased the
earning capacity OF the farm worker. The
value OF the live stock IN Illinois was
nearly three times as much as in Geor-
gfa, and the earning capacity OF the
farm worker increased In almost tho
same ratio.
The conditions for the development of
the live stock industry In Georgia with
the splendid opportunity afforded through
the production Of large quantities OF cot
ton seed meal equal and surpass those