Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03

| cess of this. of course. can not be con-
sumed by the brood SOW, and ii would
! not be advisable to feed too much of
| it, A bundle of sheaf oats or a small
forkful Of peavine soy bean or velvet
bean hay should be provided each day
! besides the grain ration. While only
| small amount of stalks and leaves
will be eaten. sufficient will be con-
sumed TO add to the bulk of the ra-
tion and give it variety as well. Per-
sons who are feeding corn alone to brood
sows will be astonished at the improve
ment effected if they will adopt some
of the rations which have been sug-
gested. These materials, OF course
should be fed ad libitum. care being
taken not to allow the animal to gorge
herself so as to throw her off feed
Corn, of itself as already pointed out
is a fattening food, and the worst OBJ
lecIion TO the use of it with brood sows
is the fact that fat is laid on internal
ly, thereby retarding the development
of the young pigs.
ON practically every southern farm
plenty of legumes can be grown, insur-
ing the necessary variety in the ra-
ton. Winter oats can also be cultivated
to advantage. The legumes and oats
will make anywhere from 400 to 500
pounds of pork per acre. Alfalfa can
be grown with success where a proper
effort is put forth to establish ii, and
il can he fed ground i'm the form OF
bran or grazed during the summer and
winter season. 1t is important to re-
member that some mineral matter should
be provided. and to this end, it is ad-
Visable that the SOW have free access
to salt, charcoal. air-slaked lime, bone
meal wood ashes and soft coal cinders
All OF these are easy to obtain and
can be readily provided on the average
farm. Where any of them are lacking,
If a good range is available, the sow
will gather a considerable part of the
mineral matter needed from the SOIL
While the roofing over of land is OBJ
pectionable from many points of view, 1t
should be remembered that when this
form of exercise is INDUCED in the sow
is probably hunting for and securing
some of the mineral matter in which
the ration is deficient, and which she
naturally Graves and desires and at
tempts TO provide for herself in the man
ner indicated.
Farmers who will give consideration
to those suggestions will find that the
health and vigor of their brood sows
is improved very materially, as well as
the size and quality of the litter. There
is no reason why any farmer should
not provide the variety in the ration
suggested. Certainly shelters can be
built without serious difficulty, and
there is an abundance of ground on
which to grow the cereals and grazing
crops needed TO. balance up the ration
and provide exercise for the hogs.
FEEDING VALUE OF CORN b.
PRODUCTS.
Will
you please tell the feed value of
ton OF corn. shucks. cob and grain all cut
and ground into about the consistency Of
coarse grit. What is its value compared
with cotton seed meal at $1,000 ton:
I do not know of a single analysis
where the shucks, cob, grain and all
have been ground together. / cannot,
therefore. give you the information you
desire. There are plenty of analyses and
digestion tests of corn as meal and corn
and cob meal, but as you know il is
rather recently that machines have been
perfected for grinding the shucks, corn,
cob and grain altogether. Naturally
where the shucks and cob are ground
in with the grain the feeding value
would be considerably less than that of
corn meal o. even corn and cob meal.
In extensive tests that have been made
il has been found that under proper
feeding and management one pound of
cotton seed meal is equivalent in nutri-
tive value to one and a half to two
pounds of corn meal. OF course much
depends on the class of stock you are
undertaking TO feed and the method Of
combining the cotton seed meal and corn
with the different roughness which are
available for the nutrition Of live stock
in the south.
For the purpose of supplying protein
to dairy cows cotton seed meal would
be much cheaper at $50 per ton than the
other combination. Cotton seed meal
can be fed for a long time to dairy
cows with perfect safety in amounts of
three to five pounds per head per day
with the proper kind of roughness, such
as corn, shredded slower, cowpea hay,
millet and sorghum fodder. We would
not attempt to feed corn. cob, shucks and
grain If ground altogether in opposition
to cotton seed meal at the prices now
existing. If the corn was used at all
we would allow il to replace one-third
or one-fourth of the cotton seed meal
ordinarily fed. In other words we would
make cotton seed meal the basis and
the predominating concentrate in ra-
tion used for the nutrition of beef or
dairy cattle. For horses and mules. of
course, the condition should be reversed
and the corn. cob, shucks mad grain
meal should be emphasized while the
use of cotton seed meal is minimiZed.
WILL SUDAN GRASS INJURE
HORSES?
z. NJ. L.. Iamison, Ala. writes: | wish
TO know if Sudan grass is injurious to
horses or any other live stock. friend
told me that he heard il would kill horses.
wish your advice as l have lot of it
to feed.
/ have never heard that Sudan grass
was injurious to horses or that il would
kill them if it was properly made and
cured. Mouldy. dusty hay is likely to
cause sickness in horses and mules, and
improperly cured alfalfa hay would be as
likely 10 cause the trouble as Sudan
grass hay. Only fresh. clean, bright hay
which is free from moulds and dust
should be fed to horses and mules. OF
course. any form of roughness should be
fed I'm reasonable amounts and enough
grain should be fed along with the
roughness to meet the requirements of
the animal body and the amount and