Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-15
VAL LIABLE RATIONS FOR
GEORGIA WORK STOCK

tie 10 feat cottonseed meal Dut Wneu
silage was introduced as an element OF
the ration. this difficulty disappeared,
and where green feed cannot be OBJ
tanned little hulls OF dry fodder may
be utilized. Sprinkle a little salt water
over the roughness and scatter the meal
on top. The animals will soon acquire a
taste for it. and once they have learned
to appreciate its virtues will eat II with
avidity. As II is liable to coat the
managers and make them sticky and I'M
satisfactory in the course OF time, they
should be washed out occasionally with
"a little, sal soda This will not involve
much time or labor on the part of the
farmer. In fact, IL Is too bad that cot
tonseed meal cannot be required as a
part OF the ration as It might cause
the cleaning up OF the feed boxes, which
on some farms are never thoroughly
cleansed unless the barn burns down.
Sanitation is just as important In the
feeding OF horses and mules as with
the human family. The farmer who says
he cannot induce his animals to eat cot
tonseed meal has not made an honest
and consistent effort.
Testimony is not lacking to substan-
tiate the claims advanced in favor Of
cottonseed meel as an adjunct in the
ration OF horses and mules. At the Iowa
experiment CtdQOus IUT instance, a test
lasting ia days or five months was con-
Quoted with three teams OF work anil
mails to determine the efficiency of a
ration OF corn and cottonseed meal as
compared with a ration of corn and oats
The saving effected by the use of the
corn and cottonseed meal ration was
is cents per day, or 1854 for. the year.
IL was also found that cottonseed meal
gave better results than linseed meal.
In other words, that IL pounds OF cotton
seed meal was as effective In maintain
ing the weight OF horses and enabling
them to perform hard work as II pounds
of linseed meal. 1t was shown that when
corn was valued at so cents and oats at
40 cents blishel, cottonseed meal was
worth over $50 a ton as an amendment
in the rations of horses performing hard
work Cottonseed meal was found to be
less Laxative than oil meal, and on that
account better adapted to the needs OF
hard worked animals In the summer
time If these experiments had been
made in the south II might have been
concluded by some that they represented
overenthusiasm, but made in a state
into which cottonseed meal must OF me-
cessity be imported and where horse
breeding has reached a high stage eof
perfection, IL is evident that the .conclu-
safely accepted and put into practice by
every southern farmer with beneficial
results.
At the North Carolina station IT was
found that two pounds OF cotton seed
meal could be fed with safety to farm
horses and mules for long periods OF
time, and that corn slower. corn and cot
ton seed meal made a thoroughly salts
factory winter ration for horses and
mules performing moderate work. The
Investigations OF Judge Henry C. Ham
mond. OF Augusta, and the reports he
has made on the subject of feeding cotton
seed meal are too well known to justify
their repetition at this time All evil
'dence favors the use of this splendid by
product as an adjunct In the ration OF
horses and mules. MOI evidence has yet
been adduced to show that II is in any
way Injurious or objectionable. 1t is to
be hoped that the southern farmer will
hasten to embrace the opportunity for
increasing the efficiency OF the ration
now fed TO HIS work stock which the
abundance of cotton seed meal produced
in the south Affords.
COUGHS AND COLDS IN HORSES
AND MULES.
W. A, Jefferson, Ga, writess / have
fine mule that has a, bad cough She
had a cold last winter and has had a
cough ever since. She seems to be in
good health every other way. 1t IS a
kind OF dry hacking cough. Would like
TO know what to do for her. 4 ~
II is always difficult to distinguish a
cough due TO a cold or some form of
indigestion from one associated with
some affection of the air passages II
the cough is due to cold the following
prescription viii probably be found salts
factory in reducing the trouble: Fluid
extract of belladonna one-half ounce,
puIverized opium, one-half ounce, gum
camphor two drains and ammonium chic
ride one-half ounce. These materials
should be thoroughly pulverized and mix
ed together. and enough molasses and
-four should be added TO make eight
ounces of the paste Next whittle out a
small wooden paddle and daub a tea
spoonful on the back teeth three or four
times daily. II this does not cure the
trouble II is evidently due to an attack
OF the heaves. In this case the hay
should be moistened at feeding time and
you should give easily digested food,
and not too bulky in character. Fowler S
solution OF arsenic in half-ounce doses
in the food once daily for ten days is a
good tonic treatment. Careful feeding
and dieting will often reduce this trou-
BILE but when an attack of the heaves
become chronic comparatively little can
be done for il.
VARIETY IN THE DIET ESSENTIAL.
S. o. A., Buchanan, Ga, writes
have some shoats or hogs six months
old that will not fatten or even eat corn
at all. have boiled the corn7Bnd it
looks like they would starve before they
win eat It. What would be a good ration
for them?
lack OF variety in their diet. If you
will secure some digester tankage and
mix about ten pounds or II with each 100
pounds OF corn you will get much better
results. The corn should be ground