Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-18
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Disposing of Cotton Seed

Never in the history Of the south has
cotton seed brought so royal a price as
during the present season. In fact, the
figures attained have so far surpassed
those previously recorded that the time
seems nearly At hand of which Edward
Atkinson. OF New England, must have
been thinking when he said that his Sec
tion OF the country would be willing for
the south 10 have the lint Of cotton pro-
vided New England might have the seed
from which TO manufacture that gener-
Gus variety Of by-products for the nutri-
ton OF man and beast now so well and
favOrably known in every part of the
civilized world. The increased price
Of cotton seed has been such this fall
as TO add an equivalency in value in
many instances of as much as one TO
two cents TO each pound of lint produc-
ed on the average farm. Cotton seed
thus become an economic factor of the
greatest possible Importance 20 the
south.
Under the circumstances one would
think that the farmer would clearly and
quickly recognize that IL is to his best
interests to sell his seed unless per-
chance he prefers TO retain il with the
idea OF exchanging il for meal Strange
10 say, many land owners seem still TO
be possessed of the idea that in selling
their seed they are comforting favor
on the purchaser or on the pubic IN
general and depriving themselves IN
some mysterious and not well under
stood MANNER OF a substantial profit to
which they are justly entitled. No
clear or definite reason can DC assign
ed for this positio and if there is 4
good one, the writer has not been able
to ascertain il.
on hundred pounds of cotton seed
contain 1873 pounds OF digestible pro-
tein. a9.6 pounds of digestible car
bohydrates and 16.5 pounds of digesti-
bic fat. A ton OF seed, therefore, con-
tains ESQ pounds of digestible protein
5ss pounds of digestible carbohydrates
and $50 pounds of digestible fat. One
hundred pounds Of choice cotton seed
meal contain 81 pounds OF digestible
protein. ZIG pounds of digestihle car
bohydrates. and Sc pounds OF digestible
fat. a ton of choice meal therefore
contains 80 pounds of digestiple pro-
tsin. ss6 pounds Of digestible caybohy-
ticates and 172 pounds of digestible Ia.
There is rot a farm in the south which
* not. relatively speaking, well sup
Piled with an abundance OF those food
elements known as carbohydrates aa1d
fat and which are primarily concerned
IN the production of heat and energy.
There is hardly a farm, however. which
il reasonably well supplied with the
element known as protein, and which Is
concerned in the formation Of flesh. the
maintenance Of nervous energy, and me
proper deteiopmet Of muscles, skin. llg-
ament. horn. hair and milk. Naturally,
protein is a high-priced and difficult ele-
ment to obtain. ere it not essential for
the proper maintenance of live stock,
the question OF the proper nutrition OF
animals would be materially simplihed.
and the farmer would rarely If ever find
il necessary TO purchase concentrated
commercial feeding materials. As it is.
Il is seldom possible for the average
farmer. and particularly in the south,
10 produce all the concentrates needed.
even under the West systems of farm
mana cement, which as we all know, ~ c
not followed on many OF our farms.
The question therefore resolves itself
into what the farmer can purchase that
VIII give HIM the largest possible sup
piy Of protein at the lowest relative
cost. Il appears from the figures quot
eli tuat n ION of choice cotton seed meal
contains almost three times as much
carbohydrates and fat as the seed. but
az already explained, these are not diff
IicuIt OF costly elements 20 obtain.
Hence. ID cotton seed were as desirable
2 FOOD 10 feed 20 live stock IS cotton
seed meal. the farmer would still have
- reed three tons Of it TO secure the
=a11c protein equivalent obtaiged from
n, ton OF choice meal With cotton
-c,d selling al $50 a ton, ;he farmer
would have TO invest sos TO obtain the
0rotein equivalent in one ton Of meal
which will not cost him more than $50.
u addition he will have wasted a great
Zeal OF fat and energy TO no purpose,
anc will be poorer as the result of this
Practice by $50.
From the standpoint OF the mRinte-
nance OF animals. there is no reason
why cotton seed should be kept on the
farm. In fact. the large quantity of oil
it contains makes its use as n foodstuff
undesirable, q fact which has been
pointed out over and over again. More
over. the seed does not combine with
satisfaction with the great variety Of
fCOdstuffs available or tile average
farm. On the other hand, the meal can
Be combined with any Of these food
stuffs with advantages, and when fed to
live stock the greater part of its plant
food content is voided, and the manure
IL properly taken care OF, as il can and
should be, becomes 4 source for enrich
iEg the lands Of the farm, and there