The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-10
THE FATTEN|hG Of CATTLE

THE COTTON OIL MILL AZ
wADESRORO MAKING
NENTs AS TO THE VALUE Or
cCrTON-SEED MEAL AM
HILLS AS A CATTLE FOOD.
Especial to News and tpserNet'
Wadesboro Jan. THE southern
Cotton Oil Company is making ah
experiment at WadesboTo. Norm eai-
olina. which is being Watcneu Win
considerable interest. The company
a carload Of HEREFORD steers
and brought them to the Hiii .
Nadesboro. and is fattentine theiii
for market. The feed used is cot'oh
seed meal and hulls and it is the huI-
pose of the to make the eA,
pertinent to ascertain the Vaine VI lille
food for fattening beet cattle.
It has Ions been considered a run
damental doctrine in agriculture tha'
cattle raising IS essential to pef1Pa-
nent soil fertility, and it is a natural
though hasty conclusion that we
,houtd curtail co+ton r.,siny Tor the
of making corn nd othcr ioi-
| age crops 10 enapie Us to II
cattle. No farmer is Inclined to argue
| against the doctrine u raising nom,
supplies, which .nclade corn hno
| meat: but many cotton farmers Ill :h!s
particularly good cotton countrr nave
an instinct that more money may DC
| made here in pusni1g cotton Is cur
| own specially and ! YIN cereals 10
| the western fields where they raise
| such things to the best advantage, Du'
| cannot raise cotton at all. II THIS cot,
ton speciality plan could be pursued
| while still permitting extensive cattle
| raising, it would be highly profitable.
The feeding of cotton seed mea1
| and hulls is the one thing that can
| make his profitable. It enables the
Southern planter to raise extensive
cotton crops and at the same time
raise any desired number Of cattle on
the by-products Of this cotton crop.
Although the virtues Of cotton seed
meal and hulls as a cattle feed have
been amply demonstrated at all the
AGRICULTURAL experiment stations in
the country. and though cattle feed
ing in this way has proven highly
profitable in many parts Of the South
and also in europe, yet no cattle
feeding for profit has been undertaken
in his Immediate section until this
year., when the Wadesboro Oil Mil
brought in a carload Of HEREFORD
steers for fattening. These, steer
make q pretty and instructive pictur+
at feeding time when they are eagerly
fighting for the cotton seed meal and
hulls, the only feed provided.
These steers are in an pen pen or
the hillside above the Oil mill. They
have access to sheds for bad weather
and they ave an ample supply OF
water. Already a few of these steers
have taken on considerable weight and
it looks as if one or two Of them
! would be in fine condition for slaugh-
ter in another week. A few of the
nice fat ones will be butchered for
local use and then the people o.
Wadesboro will taste some fine yves
tern beef grown, SO to speak, in their
Own cotton fields.
The success Of this feeding expert
ment will encourage the cotton plant
erS to raise good beef 9 OF cat
tie like Hartford. or short horns. ana
fatten them (and possibly slaughter
theln) for the nearby markets, where
| they now receive carloads Of dressed
beef from Chicago that is in no way
better than can be raised and fat
tened at home. provided we use tht
proper breed, and provided we fatter
hem quickly. Poth OF these points
are important. The breed Is impor.
ant because some kinds OF cattle take
on more fat per pound Of feed thar
other kinds. Rapid fattening IS I'M
| POr1ant t41at Is tne oi11S way
to get tender beef-just as We make
tender vegetables by forcing a rapic
growth.
1t is a fact that a large pronortio-
OF the fine beef cattle sold in the Chi
cago stock yards and afterwards ship
ped to this country as refrigerated
beef has been raised and fattened il
Texas mostly on cotton seed meal ant
hulls.
Why not raise the cattle and fatter
them on the b~y-products of our cotto1
fields, and thus save freight on tn,
beef. and what is Of still more i'm
portance automatically enrich GU.
lands.
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