The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-25
.C0TTONSEED
MEAL. GOOD
FOR CATTLE
Has Greater Feeding Value.
Than Linseed Oily Meal,
Say Federal Experts.

a# AAot1iNG1IUN, ID :. q, Apr. "a
Five times as many farmers as at
present. should be using cottonseed
meal. according 10 specialists in the
United States department. OF ASricul-
lure 1t has a slightly greater feed
Ing vaile than linseed oil meal and
the farmer is therefore recommended
Ito secure prices OH both and to use
the one which happens to be Tie
cheaper al the time During the last
winter cottonseed meal sold for $24
ITO 52Sta ton while lsnseed oil neal
cost about SIS atom. Under such con
'ditions the feeder using cottonseed
meal had a great advantage over the
farmer using linseed oil meal
L Cottonseed meal contains from s.
Ito 40 per cent protein and is therefore
#one Of the most concentrated food
.stuffs upon the market. There are in
fact very few vegetable feeds which
have anything Ike this percentage Of
protein. Its value has perhaps been
more thoroughly appreciated in i1u-
rope than in this country despite the
additional cost of shipping it abroad.
During 1913, for example. about &c.
900 tens Of the neal were exported
to Europe. Much of what remained
in this country was used as fertilizer.
so that it has been estimated that
American cattle We're fed less than
one-half OF the total quantity OF meal
produced In the country. There is,
however. a growing tendency al the
present time t o use the meal as a sup
Elementary feed.
In new publication Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture.
Farmers Bulletin 655. "Cottonseed
Meal for Feeding Beef Cattle one
pound of cottonseed meal IS said to
be usually worth as much as two
pounds Of corn for feeding cattle.
There is. however. a distinct limit to
the quantity of the meal that animals
can use economically. In the south
1T was formerly the custom TO feed
steers very heavily on the by-prcducts
of the cottonseed oil mills. - to Is
pounds of neal Il day being a not En-
frequent ration. such heavy feeding
frequently caused blindness and death
while in other cases the steers. after
gaining fast for period OF 90 days
or more, lost flesh with equal rapidly
and could be with difficulty got back
into good condition Experiments have
shown. however. that when the ration
is kept below Z pounds day. steers
can be fed for 100 to. 100 days upon
it without showing i'll effects. If sill
age is given at the same time, as
rcughage, the feeding Of cottonseed
meal can be prolonged beyond this
time with safety. S'lage is a better
roughage to use with meal than cot
tonseed hulls. as experiments in sew
eral states have shown that it gives
larger gains and better finish.
For nintering stocker cattle. IA
ton Of corn silage and cottonseed
meal has proven very economical. Two
pounds. of the meal combined with as
much corn silagc as the cattle will
eat will give a small gal min weight.
Straw and other rou shases which
cannot otherwise be used adTantaS-
eouslv may be fed with the si.age and
cottonseet meal. When the cattle are
put on pasture. cottonzeed cake which
is the same as the meal in substna &c.
can be used profitably as a supple
mentary feed The cake has several
advantage over the meal for this n,lr-
pose, among others the fact that 1t is
not so readily spoiled by rain,
Cottcnseed meal is also recommend
etl as a winter ration for the breed
ing herd. About two pounds Of the
meal should be given to the breeding
cows per day together With some Sill
age, stover and other rouShasea TINS
Will prove an economical ration ana
one which will leave the cows In good
cond1t10n IN the spring: 80 4ltS JILL $50
may be fed two or three pounds or
cottonseed meal combined with some
other concentrated feed. but some au-
thorities hold that it is not Well to.
5continue this feed too long as it is
believed to have injurious effects up !.
on the breeding powers. Farmers are
also warned to feed cottonseed meal
very sparingly. il at all, to young
calves. This question has not been
thoroughly investigated as vet and IN
til more knowledge is at o,lrg dispos-
al spec: alists consider it advisable to
be on the safe side. .55@