Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-08

we mix it Can you suggest better
way?
The constipation of which you com
plain, though not often met with, is not
surprising if you are not feeding any
green food Animals have tendency
to become constipated just like human
beings, and 1t is necessary to give
enough variety to the diet and enough
green feed to regulate re bowels or use
some form of medicine, but this is OBJ
jectionable from many points or view.
In future it would pay you well to have.
a little sod for the animals to run on
when not at work, or better still, some
rye or oats sown in the early fail on
which they might Craze from time TO
time A good proportion in which to
mix the various foodsruIis mentioned
would be 500 pounds of ground alfalfa,
$50 pounds of corn, cob and shuck, and
240 pounds of cotton seed meal This
formula fed at the rate of ~ to 10
pounds, according to the amount of
work the mules are performing with
IL to is pounds of bright clean pea vine,
clover or mixed hay should provide an
excellent ration and keep the animals
in first-class condition, 1t would be
simpler to feed the mixture as suggest
ed, rather than to prepare the individual
ration by means of the bucket which
you are using at the present time. We
judge from the description given in your
letter, however, that you have been mix
ing the feed quite thoroughly. If the
work of feeding, however, is not under
the supervision of thoroughly reliable
white man and the weighing inspected
carefully from time to time, it is not
likely that you will be able to feed your
animals anything like the formula sug
gested. as we find negro labor very un-
reliable VIII en- 1T comes. to feeding ami
mails with accuracy.
PURCHASING FERTILIZER INGRED-
IENTSx
j. g., Culverton, Ca, writes: What
ingredients and how much of each
would 1 have to buy to make ton Of
1884 and also a ton of 1885?
II you will mix together 200 pounds Of
nitrate of soda containing 1871 per cent
of available plant food, $50 pounds of
cotton seed meal containing not less than
SIS per cent of nitrogen, 20 per cent of
available prosphoric acid and 2 per cent
of nitrogen, 1900 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate and $50 pounds of high
grade muriate of potash you will secure
mixture which will analyze approx
mately per cent of nitrogen 10 per
cent of phosphoric acid and per cent
of potash. You can obtain the same re-
suit by substituting $50 pounds of dried
blood for the cotton seed meal and
nitrate of soda, or you may use 100
pounds of sulphate of ammonia in place
of the nitrate of soda. we believe
however, that you will find cotton seed
meal very satisfactory source of or
ganic nitrogen, and that you can PROF.
ably secure available plant food at pres
ent market prices for this material at a
reasonable cost 1t is a simple matter
TO increase the potash to 5 per cent.
You would have to raise the muriate in
that instance, say to about 200 pounds.
BY substituting sulphate of ammonia
for nitrate Of soda you would have mar
gin enough left on a ton to secure this
result. These formulas applied at the
rate of not less than 500 pounds per acre
on land. which has been properly pre-
pared and is in good heart should give
you excellent results under corn and
cotton.
WANTS A MIXED FEED FOR WORK
STOCK.
r. w. B.. Selma, Ala, writes: How
would a mixed feed consisting of huIls.
ground snap corn and cotton seed meal
do for mulesH They do not do hard work
in the winter but in the summer are
worked to the limit.
For a 1,0O0-pound horse or mule doing
heavy work a very good ration may be
prepared from the foodstuffs mentioned