The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-12-14
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Cotton seed meal Is probably the
cheapest concentrate feed offered on
the market today. when - consider
the amount Of diEestible nutriments
Il contains II is not considered as safe
for general feeding as bran and such
other feeds. Otherwise Il would be
much more generally used and with
the greater demand the price would
be higher. There has no doubt been
unsatisfactory results in some cases
from feeding Catle heavily on cotton
seed meal. II is also true that there
are plenty OF cases on record where
hogs have died from feeding on cotton
seed meal. Judiciously fed, however.
cotton seed meal is an economical and
sufficiently safe feed. A ration consist
ing Of ? parts corn meal and / part
bran has by experiment been found
equal TO oats for horse and mule feed
ing. No doubt cotton seed meal could
be substituted for the corn and a mix.
ture OF cotton seed meal and bran
equal parts. by weight. be fed salts
factorily. Probably some little care
would be necessary in gradually ad-
ding the cotton seed meal as IL NAV
take little while for horses. and par.
ticularly mules. 70 acquire a taste for
cotton seed meal There are numbers
OF authenticated cases on record
where both horses and mules have
been maintained satisfactorily for
considerable periods on cotton seed
meal alone.
somewhat more care must be eNer-
eised In feeding cotton seed meal TO
hogs than 10 horses. In the case OF
young pigs and breeding hogs would
not recommend that more than one
eighth OF the ration consist OF cotton
seed meal The other seven-eights may
consist OF corn. kahr. or milo chop.
shorts, mill run or such other feeds
/ For fattening hogs more cotton seed
I can be safely and satisfactorily be fed
than One-eighth Of the grain ration. We
have three lots OF fattening hogs on ex.
pertinent At this time. Lot is being
fed corn chop parts, cotton seed meal
. part; Lot corn chop parts. cotton
seed meal part: Lot corn chop
parts. cotton seed meal / part Each
mixture Is soaked twelve hours before
feeding. These hogs have been on full
feed for forty days and will be mar
ketet In about twenty DAYS from date.
There are two things We are trying 10
determine By means OF this expert.
ment: First. how heavily cotton seed
meal may be FED 10 hogs: Second. the
.
meal and corn for fattening hogs. So
I Tar each lot Is making satisfactory
gains and as ye, We have had no bad
results with these hogs from cotton
seed meal feeding I kno~ % a num-
Der of cases where men make a prac-
uce o. feeding fattening hogs A ration
. consisting OF oRe-third cotton seed
meal for a period OF sixty DAYS, and
report satisfactory results I believe
In each case the feed Is soaked from
twelve 10 twenty-four hours before
feeding Continued feeding q a ration
. consisting o. one-third 70 One-tourth
cotton seed meal would no doub, kin
many hogs, but small pics and breed.
tns hogs may Be fed a mixture OF one
eighth cotton seed meal almost inte-
hnitely and fattsning hogs may be
safely FED as rich a mixture as I to 4
% cotton seed meal FOR a period os
sixty DAYS without had results
There Is practically no difference
n the feeding value OF cotton seed
neal and cotton seed cake The cot.
ton SEED cake must Be- broken up in
small pieceS 20 BE- led 70 most classes
et stock and Tor this reason Is scarcely
As convenient as cotton seed meal
COtto2 seed cake should nCs Be con
sictet with Caddo cake or eold pressed
sc,Ion seed cake. This cold pressed
cake o. Caddo cake contains a large
per cent q hulis and consequently
contains a great deal of crude absr
and ooly about oEekAlf As n1ch pro
,siz as standard ecttOn seed neal q
eo.ro1 seed cake. ! DO not beEeve thar
CGteo cake Is worth more thza three
efth As uueh as osgtoa seed neal