The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-11-09
Ey Professor ~. a. Linklster
Department. of Animal Husbanury, a. &
NJ College, Ssliiater. Okla.

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Department cf Animal fusbanury. A. a.
n. ceilecs, ssiiiater. okis.
Cotton seed meal is probably the
cheapest Concentrate feed offered on
the market today, .When we consider
the amount d dlgestlble natriments
il contains. Il is not considered as safe
tor general feeding as bran ana such
other feeds. Otherwise it would be
much more geaerslsg used and with
The greater demand the price would
be higher There has no doubt been
unsatisfactory results in some cases
from feeding cattle heavily on cotton
seed meal. II Is also true that there
are plenty Of eases on record where
hogs have died from feeding on cotton
seed meal Judiciously fed, however.
cotton seed meal Is an economical and
sufficiently gale feed. A ration consist.
ing Of 2 parts corn meal and / part
bran has by experiment been found
equal 70 oats for horse and mule feed
Ing NO doubt cotton seed meal could
We substituted for the corn and a mix
tnre Of cotton seed meal and bran
equal parts, by weight. be fed salts
factorily Probably some little care
wcnld be necessary in gradually ad-
ding the cotton seed meal as it may
take little while for horses, and par
ticnlaliy mules, to acQulre 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 exer-
cised In feeding cotton seed meal to
hogs than to horses. IN the case OF
young pigs and breeding hogs | would
not rec0mmend thar more than one
eighth Of the ration consist OF cotton
seed neal The other seven-eights may
consist Of corn. kafir. or milo chop,
shorts. mill run or such other feeds.
For fattening hogs more cotton seed
can be safely and satisfactorily be fed
than one-eighth Of the grain ration. We
have three lots OF fattening noss 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 3 corn chop 4
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
keted in about twenty days from date
There are two things we are trying to
determine by means Of this expert
ment: First. how heavily cotton seed
meal may be fed 10 hogs; Second. the
comparative economy OF cotton seed.
meal and corn for fastening hogs. so
far each lot is making satisfactory
gains and as yet we have had no bad
results with these hogs from cotton
seed meal feeding. I know OF a num-
Der OF cases where men make a prac-
tice Of feeding fattening hogs a ration
consisting OF one-third cotton seed
meal for a period Of sixty days. and
report satisfactory results. / believe
in each case the feed is soaked from
twelve to twenty-four hours before
feeding. Continued feeding Of 4 ration
consisting Of one-third to one-fourth
cotton seed meal would no doubt kill
many hogs. but small pigs and breed
ing hogs may be fed mixture Of one
eighth cotton seed meal almost inde-
hnitely and fattening hogs may be
safely fed as rich mixture as / to
Of cotton seed meal for period Of
sixty days without bad results.
There is practically no difference
ia the feeding value of cettoa seed
meal and cotton sesd cake. The cot
ton seed cake must be broken up in
small pieces 70 be fed to most classes
OF stock and for this reason is scarcely
as convenient as cotton seed meal.
Cotton seed cake should not be con-
nicted with Caddo cake or cold pressed
cotton seed cake. This cold pressed
cake or Caddo cake contains a large
per cent Of hulls and consequently
contains a great deal Of crude fber
and only about one-half as much pro
teln as standard cotton seed meal or
cotton seed cake. do not believe that
Caddo cake Is worth more than three.
nth a. much as cotton seed meal