Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-10-22

The farmer Is naturally interested In
4ssposine Of his cotton seed in manner
which win insure the largest return to
l.lm individually. Several methods Of
handling the seed are open TO him First
he NAV sell directly TO the oil mill OF
errharra Tor meal; second. II Is posi-
- that he may feed the seed directly 70
a. i've stock; third. he may use the seed
a. fhe basis OF a fertilizer formula. IN
srder 10 determine which plan Is likely 10
brove the most remunerative, II VIII hrse
be necessary 20 ascertain the amount o.
biant food contained in ton OF seeo as
compared with a ton Of meal A toh % y,
.eed contains SIS punds OF nitrogen q
oounds OF phosphoric acid and as pounds
~ Dotash. A ton Of meal analyzing $40
~ cent az nitrogen contains 10 pounds
- nitrogen. eos pounds of phosphoric
acid ana SIS pounds OF potash. In other
,.ords. a ton OF meal 81 the grade mem
f.,eed contains more than twice as much
Nitrogen a. a ton OF seed. nearly three
ttunes al much phosphorus acid, and con-
ssderably more potash.
ira expensive element for the farmer
i. purchase In nitrogen. though o. course,
pnonphoric acid and potash are essential
10 the welfare Of his crop. These ngures
would indicate az once. however that un-
isss a very exceptional price we're Cd
tained for the seed that Z WOULD DC pet
ter 20 dispose OF the mand buy meal
- u.s either a. the basis Of a fertilizer
oe "a feeding purposes. One feeding eN-
usrirent after another has demonstrated
that the seed contain too much oil 70 be
fed IN their raw condition with salts
faction 20 any class OF live stock. espe-
riaIly N the feeding Il continued for any
length OF time. Moreover, the use OF
seed as the source OF a concentrate In
q ration for cows has a very undesirable
effect on the butter. interfering with It's
appearances, flavor and texture.
II "a known that the oil In cotton seed
= OF no value 70 plants and 20 put forty
- rorty-nve gallons Of Il in the ground
18th each ton OF seed IL therefore a great
vfnwta. Moreover, the oil exerts an I'M
favorable action on plant growth and de-
veIoprent since II tends TO clog up the
soIl pores and lessen the capillary move
nsenf OF water and air. There can be no
advantage In using seed az the source OF
food or the basis OF fertilizer, therefore.
unless there be some very extreme dtt-
ference between tn sale price OF the seed
end IN cost OF a ton Of meal, providing
. satisfactory exchange basis can not be
arrived az By the mill man and the far
n1er. As a matter OF fact. many mills
ere Offering a generous basis OF ex-
change. and there Is not enough differ
encs between the sale price OF the seed
end the cost OF the meal to Justify the re-
tention OF the seed on the farm and its
utilization for either OF the purposes
mentioned
On the basis Of the prevailing prices
Tor available nitrogen. phosphoric acid
and potash. a ton Of cotton seed meal
Of the grade discussed in this paper
viii contain Sz4,2s worth OF available
plant food A ton OF seed on the same
basis would be worth S1o.75. In other
words, q ton OF the meal contains more
than twice as much available plAni
food as a ton OF seed What advantage
will the use OF the seed as a sou<cs
OF fertilizer have over the meal2 None
whatever. IL has been urged by some
for instance, that the seed yields al
its plant food more slowly and that
when used in bulk supplies vegetable
natter 20 the soil and is more lasting
in its effect Experiments made from
time to time have never borne out this
contention. and IL is not reasonable e
suppose that they would. There is sc
little difference, relatively speaking. in
the rate OF decay OF the seed and meal
that the difference in availability would
not amount 20 much In fact, one would
naturally expect the seed to decay with