Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-11

sane relative amount ard proportion
TOO costly 10 be fed 10 beef or dairy cat
tie and IL some combination OF food
stuffs Guild not be suggested which would
materially reduce the cost OF the dairy
ration some live stock men have even
imagined they could do without the use
OF any concentrates or else nave decided
To- cut down the amount usually Iec
very considerably. Not being well IN
formed on the subject and not taxing
the trouble 70 investigate the natter
carefully, they have often concluded
that the use OF any food stun which
thew could purchase at a lower price
than cotton seed meal would give them
equally satisfactory results. or else
that IL would advantage them materially
IL they purchased some lower priced
grain feed and mixed Il with cot
ton seed meal under the impression that
thew would reduce food costs thereby
and increase the efficiency OF the ration.
NEED OF EDUCATION.
The need OF definite information along
the lire OF animal nutrition Is very ap-
parent to anyone who has studied the
methods Of practice followed on the
average farm in the south The ele-
mentary character Of the question asked
our college and experiment station
workers shows that the subject Is just
beginning 10 receive attention ana that
no real appreciation OF the wide differ
ences in food and fertiliZing value OF
our leading grain feeds exists IN the
mind OF the layman- Hence II Is not
surprising that one concentrate should
often be considered as good as another.
or that the rations ordinarily fed should
be woefully deficient in heat units or
protein and ash. while altogether too
high IN carbohydrates and fat 10 suit
the need. condition. age or class OF an
tmaIs 10 which they are being FED Ed
ucation along this very important line
is a CRYING necessity. and should De
promotes as vigorously as pOsslole oS
every patriotic citizen on that account
students OF economics realize that the
era Of low f. iced grain feeds has passed
away never 70 return in America our
farmers. and particularly those OF the
south. have so long been used 10 OBJ
tanning c lacentrates rich n nutrients
AZ a rather low price that they feel
themselves disseminated against
called on - paw prices which only ap-
proximaJe tn Sc - which f3rmers IN
other sections of the world where the
prevailing civilization has been longer
established and where there is a much
greater density Of population. have long
paid as matter OF course
The prices Of foOdstuffs have gone up
more or less permanently. with the like
ihood that this condition will be &C
centuated in the future Il becomes in
creasfngIy important that stOckmen
generally endeavor TO inform them
selves concerning the merits OF differ
snt foodstufTs and thereby be in posi-
tion 20 buy those rich In the elements
in which their nome supplies are de-
ncient ami 10 combine various food
sturfs in the most economic and effec-
tive manner. II has been compare
lively easy matter TO feed and maintain
live stock success fully in the past. The
mos. wasteEuI meJhO1s maginabIe have
been foil wed. ana still a margin of
profit secured The Biblical quotation
to the effect that "old things have
passed away and all things are new" is
very appropriate az this time. and il
is 70 be hoped that the lesson which
II conveys will be appreciated at its
face value II this is. done. substantial
progress will very shortly be made in
the matter OF combining and utilizing
foOdstuffs TO better advantage than has
ever so far been accomplished. This
will certainly not lessen the profit Of
the stockman and AT the same time will
enable him 10 meet the increased cost
OF foodstufTs he cannot produce at home
with some degree Of satisfaction and
success. The tendency TO complain and
grumble. while probably a very human
attribute. does not accomplish anything
worth while. The sooner we compre-
bend that a permanent change i'm con-
ditsons has come about by reason Of the
entrance Of the United States upon an
era OF world politics the better The
sooner Xe conclude that the one solu-
tion OF the condition which our changing
civilization. commercial industries and
agriculture has brought about is
through . definite and constructive type
Of agricultural education. the better il
VII be for all the interests concerned.
TESTS INAUGURATED.
Under the circumstances portrayed il
was but natural that we should endeavor
through the College OF Agriculture, TO
secure some new and more definite data
relative 10 the merits OF various ratfons
which could be utilized most profita bly,
by southern farmers and 70 ascertain by
careful feeding trials IL stOckmen could
not AFFORD 10 pay prevailing prices for
cotton seed meal or III IL would be more
70 their interest TO use a combination Of
concentrates rather than the by-product
OF the seed which the great majority Of
them raise on their farms To this end
an experiment was inaugurated last fall
TO determine in so far as practicable
the merits Of a ration consisting Of cot
ton seed meal and silasc when fed in
opposition to silsge and hay with mimi
mum and maximum ratiOns Of mixed
concentrates Twelve cows were select
ed for this test They were equally adj
vanced in their lactation periods. Two