The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-10-03

one OF these should eat at least one
pound day, or four sacks of cotton.
seed meal annually. This would mean
\ brand new demand on the cotton
seed market alone in the States where
1t is produced Of 1.65S,462 tons per
annum. or 100000 tons more than is
actually made"
Prof. w. A. Henry. dean Of the Wis
consin Agricultural college. and per-
haps the greatest practical animal
feeder Of the world. under the head
Of "Cottonseed Neal for Horses" has
this to say:
Draft horses do we'll on ration
containing two parts of cottonseed
meal"
The European war, in a great
measure. has stopped the expectation
of cottonseed meal to foreign coun-
tries and as a result Of that there Is a
cOpious supply left in this country,
causing a very decided decline in
price. while. at the same time, hu-
man foods for the warning nations is
In greater demand than ever before,
bringing about a tremendous increase
in the price Of meat and grain.
This article is written merely to
suggest to our people that they can
add very materially to the value of
the cotton crop by using in every way
possible the products made from the
cotton plant. Under present condi-
tions we should feed every pound Of
cottonseed meal that we mako to our
farm animals. The fertilizer obtain
cd Is good after having been fed as
when the meal Is used direct, and its
extreme richness compared with corn
and wheaton products would justify
the sale Of corn and other grain at
the fancy prices now obtaining and
q more liberal use of meal.
Prof. w. A. Withers Of the expert
ment station Of North Carolina has
been conducting experiments in feed
ing cottonseed meal to swine, with the
result that he has found that 1t can
be fed with safety after having been
treated with copperas. The directions
given by Prof. .Withers for feeding
cottonseed meal to swine are as fol-
lows:
dissolve one pound Of copperas in
barrel Of about 80 gallons Of water.
For each pound Of cottonseed meal
take one gallon of the solution; mix
thoroughly daily for each 100 pounds
pig; II pig weighs only so pounds,
use half the amount Of cottonseed
meal and one-half the amount Of cop
peras solution"
Prof. Withers' experiments with
feeding cottonsced meal to swine have
extended over many weeks and he ar
rived at these conclusions after a
most thorough and painstaking inves-
tigation. The bulletin issued by DR.
Withers was dated August. 1913. Dur
ing the past winter several parties in
this State followed the directions
given by Prof. Withers. with splen-
did results. One Of these was Col
Butler Hagood Of Darnwell county
The bulletin referred to can be had
by writing to Prof. Withers at the
Agricultural and Mechanical college,
Raleigh. N. C.
AS regards feeding cottonseed meal
to horses. 1t will be urged that horses
do not take to 1t readily. In some in
stances this Is true. but generally they
will eat 1t II fed with discretion. The
trouble with cottonseed meal has al
ways been that 1t Is so rich in pro-
tein that those feeding 1t are likely tc
feed too much. And then the animals
taste. like that of the human being,
has to be cultivated to eat something
that 1t Is not accustomed to. Few
people like olives the first time they
undertake to eat them but most peo-
pie become very fond of them in a
very short while. remember the
first time 1 Undertook to eat stewed
oysters. They were positively repul-
sive. but I have on more than one oc-
casion spent the last cent In my
pocket for oysters.
Those who have experimental with
feeding work stock cottonseed meal
mixed with corn testify that after a
short while horses become very
fond Of that ration when put on it
gradually. James Clarkson OF East
over has been giving cottonseed meal
as regular ration to his mules for
quite while and S. ID. Cross Of Ches-
tel gives one feed Of cottonseed meal