The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-09
Talue of Meal Recog-
nized by Agricultur-
al Authorities for
Some Time
RICE WILL
CONTINUE LOW
Bproducts Cheapened Because OF Good
Crop of Cotton in South and Cut
ting Off of the European Mar
kets

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the abundant supply of eottonSeed
eal that there is likely to be in this
'untry this year. specialists in the
fpartment believe that the farmer has
better opportunity to make money by
fedlng beef cattle than for some wears
ast The feeding value of cottonseed
cal has been recognized by agricul,
raj authorities for some time and
|rSe quantities of ii are exported an
|lally to Europe where the farmers,
specially those in Denmark. are also
ware of its usefulness. 1t now seems
kely that the price of cottonseed meal
i'll continue TO be considerably lower
an in recent years and the American
rmer should therefore utilize it to ad-
bntage to make cheap gains.
Causes That Lower Price
Two causes combine to lower the
lce of cottonSeed hyproducts. In the
st place the cotton crop in the South
lis year is good. and in the next the
Preign markets have been seriously
terfered With by the European war.
is estimated that this year 5000
N0 bales of cotton viii be produced in
he United States. This should yield
$4,000 tons of seed. All of this. of
burse. will not be crushed. but if last
bar 5 proportions hold good again
bout 100000 tons of cottonseed meal
i'll be available. Last year approx
lately 100000 tons were sent abroad.
nder present conditions il is not prob
BE that anything like this quantity
i'll be exported this year, and. as The
btton crop is larger than before. it is
fe to assume that the quantity of cot
|nseed meal on the home market will
100000 tons more than last year.
his situation has already resulted in
substantial drop in the price of cot,
bnseed byproducts. Cottonseed meal
kn now be bought in the South at
fices ranging from s22 to s24 per ton
stead of s2T to SSl demanded last
ear. An even greater decrease has
ken place in the price of eottonSeed
bulls, which are now selling at from
$50 TO $3.50 ton instead of 81 to
9 ton.
Cheaper Than Linseed Meal
At these prices cottonseed meal is
pproNimatelv SIS per ton cheaper than
nseed meal, and in addition its feed
.hg value is trihe higher. 1t seems
bvious, therefore, that the cattle feed
all over the country should utilize
ottonseed meal TO a far greater eX-
ept than ne has done in the past.
This meal is very rith in protein, and
is usually considered that its feeding
alue is at least twice that of corn.
= other words one pound of cottonseed
heal is equal to two pounds of corn
or feeding cattle. A small portion of
ottonseed meal has an even greater
elative value where the ration would
|therwise be composed entirely of feeds
gh in carbohydrates, such as corn.
orn stover and timothy hay. This is
Stremelv important to cattle feeders
throughout the corn belt and other
tates where much corn is fed In In
lana for example, it was found that
he addition of one pound of cotton
seed meal TO ration of corn and
clover nay resulted in a saving of
81 pounds of corn and 1.41 pounds
f clover hay. This means that if corn
vas worth 20 cents bushel and clover
lay SIS a ton. each ton of cottonseed
neal fed the cattle saved the farmer
> $40 worth of other feed. 18th cot
ouseed meal at s24 ton this is a
et saving of s31.40-a saving well
North while.
Fed to Cattle in South
As matter of fact cottonseed meal
as been the principal concentrate fed
% cattle in the South for years. In
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II Animal Industry il was found that
With this as tine only concentrated feed
kains could be made on steers very
Economically. $50 pounds of meal often
Produced as much as 100 pounds of
kain. When fed iudiciousiy six pounds
# cottonseed meal a day for a period
" 100 TO 120 days does not prove
harmful to mature steers. If the steers
re to be fed for longer period, how
Fver, the amount fed should not be
bore than four pounds a day. For win.
|ering cattle it is hard to find better
|r more economical ration and a little
fodder or stover. Mature cattle can be
Eintered on a ration of thirty pounds
If silage, two pounds of cottonseed
peal and about five pounds of some dry
loughage, On such ration steers will
pass through the winter in exceedingly
Eood condition and even gain something
10 live weight.
But in addition to its feeding value
he fertilizing value of cottonseed meal
IS very high-so high indeed that often
he fertilizing constituents in the meal
\ re alone worth as much as or more
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