Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-13


COW is suffering more or less from over
consumption of an ill-advised ration
Begin treatment through the use of
three-fourth of Epson salts and two
ounces of ginger dissolved in quarts
of water. This should be administered
as a drench. Encourage the COW to
drink all the water possible and feed her
on gruels and soft mashes made of bran
with an abundance of water. Feed SPAR
ingly for some days. Cut out the use
of cotton seed meal and coarse fodder
for twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Turn your COW on grass and keep her
well supplied with succulent feed. Do
not feed her over 8 to pounds of cot
ton seed meal per day but do not COM
mence to use the cotton seed meal ra-
tion before the end of the week or ten
days. You may repeat the above treat
ment if il seems advisable to do So Re-
member that the best thing to do is to
secure a free moval of the bowels and
then keep them In a relaxative condition
for a sufficient length of time to enable
your COW to begin the normal assimila-
tion and digestion Of her food.
THE FEEDING VALUE OF VELVET
W. l.. G., Eastman. Ca. writes: ! would
like some information in regard 10 the food
value Of velvet bean meal.
Velvet bean seed contain a bout is. /
per cent digestible protein. sos per cent
digestihle carbohydrates and 5.3 per
cent digestible fat. In composition 1t
does not vary materially from peanuts
ground with the bulls, from cowpeas or
culled navy beans. They contain a
good deal more protein than the cereals
such as corn. They contain about 12
times as much digestlble protein as
wheat bran but less than 1-2 as much
of this element as cotton seed meal.
They are an intermediate crop. there
fore between the cereals and cotton seed
meal i'm so far as digestible protein is
concerned
Velvet beans could be combined with
corn and other cereals to advantage for
several classes of live stock. They
would not combine so we'll with cotton
seed meal-as this crop is already very
high I'm protein and it is best fed. there
fore. with cereals. There is place on
every Georgia farm for the use of velvet
beans and every seed of this, crop which
may be available can be utilized to ad-
vantage in maintaining and increasing
our herds and flocks.
CROP ADAPTED TO. THE SILO.
]. H., Toccoa. Ca. writes: What should
plant for silaRe? ! want to make some
silsCe hut am not certain what are the
! best crops to grow for this purpose.
! Various crops may be used for silage
\ At one time corn was the principal crop
used for this purpose and II answers
| very we'll now. We have obtained larg-
err Yields. however. from using red head
sorghum and such variety of corn "a
| Cookies prolific planted in alternate
rows. We have found this ARRANGEMENT
/ advisable because of the fact that corn
was frequently injured by drought AMI
| this made 1t difficult to preserve salts
| factorily I'm the silo When combined
with the sorghum. however the juices
OF that crop helped to moisten the corn
and so produce silage of superior quail
/ fly and larger Yields per acre than were
| obtained from the corn alone
! For the last two or three years we
have been using Kafr corn and red
head sorghum in alternate rows and We
regard this crop of greater value for
silage production than any combination
we have vet used. We not only get a
large yield but grow two strongly
! drought resistant crops. There is no
/ trouble I'm securing the proper maturity
| of these crons for silaRe purposes. Sor-
ghum and Kair corn should not be cut
too early. however. but should be allow
ed to virtually mature before being
placed in the silo.