Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-11


il does not furnish the amount of pro-
TEN essential or necessary TO the proper
nutrition of horses and mules. An ideal
ration for l.0O0-pound horse and mule
doing heavy work should contain about
2.5 pounds of digestible protein. 1873
pounds OF digestible carbohydrates and
8 pound of digestible fat. The nutrition
ratio represents the relation of one
pound OF digestible protein TO the car
bonhydrates and fat. and would in this
instance be 1.6. \ mixture of IL pounds
OF Corn and 2 pounds of cotton seed meal
with ~ pounds of mixed hay will APP
proximate this ration. If the cotton seed
meal is left out, the protein content falls
decidedly below the standard require
ment which has been so carefully worked
out by tests as to establish its value
beyond the question OF successful dis
pute.
The farmer will argue that he has
not the time to weigh out rations for
his live stock, that il involves too much
trouble and is not worth while. As
matter of fact he wears out his horse
and mule two or three years sooner
than he should by the neglect of this
fundamental matter. His animals suf-
fer from various diseases which could
otherwise be avoided. and the loss Of
far exceeds the labor involved on his
part in the preparation of suitable ra-
tions. OF course, it might be trouble
some to put two pounds of cotton seed
meal into the ration each day, but IL
certainly is not impractical for the
farmer to mix together 100 pounds OF
cotton seed meal and 500 pounds or
corn and cob meal and feed at the rate
Of 10 pounds per day when heavy work
is being performed.
Many other combinations can also be
used. For instance, 100 pounds Of cot
ton seed meal when combined with 400
pounds Of oats and ESQ pounds of she'll
ed corn makes an excellent ration. One
hundred pounds of cotton seed meal
and 500 pounds of shelled corn can also
be fed to advantage. One hundred
pounds of cotton seed meal, 100 pounds
of wheat bran, 800 pounds of corn, and
$50 pounds of oats furnish another very
desirable combination of concentrates.
Where any of these are used with suit
able amount of roughness excellent re-
suits will be obtained and the work
stock maintained in a high state of er-
ficiency. Investigations have shown, for
instance, that ratiOns for horses ana
mules have sometimes cost as much as
So cents a day. This was where an i'm
Through the use of cotton seed meal
the cost can be materially reduced, and
in some instances. has actually been
cut in two. 4 dollar saved in the nutri-
ton of live stock is just as important as
I'm any other direction and means just
as much TO the farmer.
The fact that we have neglected to
utilize cotton seed meal in rations for
horses and mules does not Justify us
in continuing this wasteful practice any
longer BY using rations such as has
been suggested, a nutritive ratio of 1.6
is obtained, whereas, the use OF corn
and mixed hay now so generally fed
gives a ratio of 1.9. The effect on the
welfare Of our live stock has already
been portrayed. Rations of the charac-
ter suggested above have been thorough
Is, tested out in Georgia and have been
shown to effect a saving of about D
cents per day per animal over those
ordinarily fed with corn ranging around
a dollar a bushel or over SIS per head
a year an amount which is surely worth
saving when we consider there are sew
eral horses ana mules kept on practical
I iv every farm
The addition Of pounds of cotton
seed meal TO the ration OF the work
stock maintained on the college farm
ments in North Carolina confirm the re-
suits obtained in Georgia. Even in far
away Iowa they found that in Il test
lasting 4yt days or five months that
the use of a corn and cotton seed meal
ration saved g cents per day, or 1854
for the year as compared with a ration
Of corn and oats. Cotton seed meal was
found 10 give better results than lin
seed meal. In other words. IL pounds
OF cotton seed meal was as effective
IN maintaining the weight OF horses and
enabling them to perform yard work
a. IA pounds of linseed meal 1t was
shown that when corn was valued at
30 cents a bushel and oats at 40 cents n
bushel. cotton seed meal was worth
over $50 a ton as an amendment in the
/ ratfons of horses performing hard work.
/ Horses and mules under rational meth
DDS of mana cement do not need nos
i trums, condition powders and all SORTS
&c quack remedies. The less of these
I that are used the better. The ills to
which this class of stock is heir are
/ due in many instances to a deficiency
! OF protein I'm the ration. There Is NJ
country i'm the world which could SO
easily and cheaply improve the ration