Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-17
Encouraging Sheep and Hog Industries

! if one pound OF cOpperas be dissolved
in fifty gallons of water and one gallon
of the solution DC mixed with each
round OF cotton seed meal fed that the
meal can be used with comparative i'm
punity. This amount of meal can be fed
10 100-pound hog in combination with
four to five pounds Of corn or corn meal
If the hog weighs only fifty pounds do
not feed over half the cotton seed meal
suggested with half the copperas solu-
ton This plan has been suggested by
Prof. Withers of the North Carolina sta
lion, and the wise farmer viii test II out
carefully ON a small scale until he re-
thoroughly satisfied that the deductions
presented by Prof. withers are correct.
IL therefore appears that under ration
al MANAGEMENT cotton seed meal may be
made TO reduce the cost of the ration
now fed to hogs, add to its efficiency,
and aid in the production OF finely mar
bed quality Of pork. 1t should Of course
be used in conjunction with grazing
grazing crops whenever practicable.
COTTON SEED MEAL AS A SOURCE
OF. PROTEIN FOR CHICKENS.
Poultry require an abundance of pro-
tein in their daily ration and it is often
difficult TO provide il in a sufficiently
abundant and cheap form to make the
marketing of eggs and chickens proht-
able from the standpoint of the farmer.
IL has been the common practice in the
past TO use meat scrap and other pack
ing house by-products, and there rs no
objection to this material If il can be
purchased at low enough cost. Protein
in meat scrap costs at least twice as
much as in cotton seed meal, and from
the results obtained at the Georgia state
college of agriculture and at several ex-
periment stations il would appear that
cotton seed meal will furnish the prof.
tein needed quite as satisfactorily as the
meat SCRAP and at decidedly lower cost
This is a matter. therefore, of the great
est Importance to Georgia poultry rails
ers. Only small quantities of cotton seed
meal have been fed in the form OF
a dry mash, but 20 per cent mas Deen
fed in the wet mash at the college.
AT the Missouri station a test was
made to determine the relative efficiency
of cotton seed meal and meat scrap as
a source of protein for laying hens. The
results were distinctly in favor OF cot
ton seed meal. ana that station recon-
mends IS pounds OF corn meal, 10
pounds of cotton seed zeal, II pounds OF
crushed oats and ! pounds of bone meal
as constituting very satisfactory ana
economical ration. Another very Soou
ration consists Of is pounds OF cotton
seed meal Is pounds of wheat bran, IL
mounds of corn meal and 4 pounds of
bone meal The Mississippi station
found a pen of five hens fed on mash
composed of 81 pounds of cotton seed
meal and % pounds of scorn meal laid
200 eggs as compared with the check |
pen which laid 134 eggs. The South Car
DINA station advises the use OF ration
consisting Of 100 pounds of cotton seed
AL e
OF oats. so pounds Of wheat bran, 90 ,
pounds of shorts, 16 pounds of ground
lime rock. IL pounds of charcoal and
pounds of salt. These facts bear out the
results obtained in Georgia and show
that cotton seed meal may be made 10 |
take the place of more expensive forms
OF protein in rations fed to poultry.
This opens up a new source of service /
for cotton seed meal and makes it pos
sible for Georgia farmers to obtain an
essential element in the ration of poul-
try at a reasonable cost. The wise
pouItryman win give consideration TO
these facts.
CONCLUSION.
The foregoing facts make il evident
that cotton seed meal is essentially re-
lated to the successful development of
animal industries in the south, and tina
Ii constitutes the cheapest and most
effective source of protein available for
improving the rations of all classes OF
live stock maintained on southern
farms. Its wise use will increase the
fertility of our farm lands, and stead /
lily enhance the value Of cotton seed, once
a neglected and worthless by-product on
the average farm. 1t viii lengthen the
period Of useful service which our work
stock render US. IL viii improve the
quality and quantity of beef which We
can raise for home and foreign con-
sumption. II win enable the south to
develop a dominance in the manufac- 1
ture of dairy products which IL has not
hitherto enjoyed. We can increase the /
number OF sheep held on our farms to
advantage, lessen the cost of finishing