Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-29

Naturally, they are more CohSehHSN
about the cost OF concentrates than !
roughage. as they are better supplied
with the latter, though in many IN
stances there seems 10 be shortage
in this respect Practically every form
of roughage available on farm can
be utilized as feed, however, II Ut
tie effort is put forth TO prepare II IN
the most palatable form Dry IoFase
which has been weather-beaten Is hO1 1
likely TO be eaten with avidity oy the
animals kept on the farm, OUT II ehLS
same material be run through cut
ding box and chopped up into fineiy /.
dfvfdad condition. moistened with water i
n which a handful or two OF salt mas /
heen added and allowed TO stand IN
compact nile for a few hours. its par
atabflity will be greatly increased aiu
~ viii provfde an ideal basis Tor the
roughage part of the ration. Many VIII .
sav that il VIII cost too much none! 70
purchase a cutting box. but II Is hos
an expensive machine 10 ouS' az
taken care of will last for long TIME
II Il such an important factor In I'M
nrovtnx the character and quality OF
tba ration and in enabling the farmer
"a usa a greater variety OF rough iot-
.ga that he should not hesitate 10 MAKE
the small investment required
Handling and feeding the long lou
der in the manner indicated viii neees-
state putting forth little more e.
fort and labor, but Il VIII DC Szs
well expended. as the results oosa-iieu
nv any who put il in practice Will soon
demonstrate. should the supply OF long
forage give out and the farmer DC
Fo-cas 70 purchase -foodstuffs OF TINS
.hararter- he will find -hulls an I'M
nortant amendment. They combine 10
SDlendfd advantage with cotton seeu
meal for feeding to beer ana oaiiS -
tie and will take the place OF lohs
Foaaer used IN it's natural condition OF
Drapared as indicated above 10 good aa-
vantage HulIs are particularly Nalu-
ahIa for the man living in the suourO
a. district of our larger towns anu
cities and who find II necessary -
purchase some form OF rougnase 70
feed with the concentrates theS 0r"i
nariiy use ,.-.,
.utas therefor for the maintenance Oh
terminating animals. one should give
,.oD~ideration to the content OF dlses-
tfbIa protefn. The reason for this lies
il the fact nat carbohydrates are much
more abundant and cheaper tnan pro-
rsFD ThefefOre in buying meals II
will generally be good practlce 70 pu
chase those which will provide uhe
ra~s-asr amount of this element AT the
concentrated foodstuff can OFTEN Oese
h. combined with one not so rich IN
nrotein: SO il may often be an aoNah-
taxa for the feeder to purchase say
cotton seed meal and corn meal OF
sSs--~o- shorts Recently, two new
foodstuffs have come on the nlaFAS
in certain parts of the south one OF
these il known as peanut meal ne
later ia. OF two kinds; that derived
go, ,ha beans alone, and from the
heans and hulIs ground together. FeA-
,l,t meal contains the hulls. only nm
tta,3 quantity of these foodstuIIs Is
available at the present time MIAMI
faaaars are anxious to learn OF theH
relative merits Some are OF the ppm
ion for instance, that cotton SEED Heai
ia too high to- feed at S4O tOI'' an
that It would be better 10 use p sS.a-
meal or velvet bean meal 10 uee s
r1fne this fact accurately. and IN IalE
ana lust manner, il is necessary "
consider the composition OF the 1liree
materials mentioned a.,
ryhofce cotton seed meal contains 44.I
psr cent of crude protein, 81 per cent
~ fber. % per cent OF caroonyordtes
ard 81 per cent of fat PEANUT Lheai
grorr5 with the huils contains about
3 I ~ cent of crude protein, 23.4 per
-cpt of fiber 81 per cent Of caroohy-
5ratas and Ill per cent of fat viewer
haanS without the hulls contain zV-S
,sr rent of crude protein, "a per cent
81 fiber. Sill per cent OF Carbohydrates
and Sc per cent of fat. NeiVet Deans
,s-ftb- the bulls contain 1s-5 per cent OF
orotein. 1O.sz per cent of fiber, 549 per
cent of carbOhydratf and ass per cent
Of fat -.
sres meal contains almost three times
Il much protein as velvet beans ground
Vftbs the bulls. and twice as much as
selvet beans ground without the nulls'
and is per cent more protein than pea
aut meal Observe also that in case OF
cotton seed meal the fiber amounts 70
Il per cent. which is relatively low. In
The case OF peanut meal including uhe
ht,Ils the fiber amounts to 23-@ per cent,
ar almost three times as much. Fiber.
relatively speaking. is an tndigestiole
,,ateriaI while cotton seed meal con-
tafns 9 per cent of fat. velvet beans con-
rain. depending on how they are pre-
pared. only about half as much Pea
nuts including tile hulls. contain slisnt-
ly more fat than cotton seed meal IL
would appear from these figures. there
fore, that it is relatively fair TO COM
care the feeding value of these food
sturYs primarily on their content OF pro-
tein- In that event il would appear
that velvet beans with the hulls were
worth about One-third as much as choice
,otton seed meal. and without the hulls
about half as much Peanut meal with
he hulls Is worth about two-thirds as
much as choice cotton seed meal In
,ther words IL velvet bean meal with
he bulls is bringing SIS a ton. cotton
seed meal of the grade mentioned would
be worth at least S45 a ton. If peanut
neal is bringing $50 a ton. cotton seed
meal should be easily worth s45- If
velvet beans without the bulls is
bringing $50 ton. cotton seed meal
should be worth at least $40 ton as a
source OF protein and fat This pre-
sentation OF the relative merits is not
BASED on theories or deductions but on
he actual composition of the material
N question which affords the only cor
-ect basis by which their comparative
value for the nutrition of live stock
nav be correctly determined
These facts make 10 evident that one
can AFFORD to pay from $50 to s45 a ton
for a good grade Of cotton seed meal
for feeding to Eliminating animals as
compared with SIS to $40 for the other
concentrates mentioned Relatively
speaking cotton seed meal is often
-heaper according to the digestible nu-
trients II cotnains. than wheat bran.
corn meal. corn and cob meal or shorts.
There can he no reasonable doubt but
that Ii should constitute the basis Of