Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-07-14
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by forty and il appears that the use Of
the ration fed 81 CUP 1 as compared with
that fed group would represent gain
TO the owner of s5S4.OO and of st,l72S0
in the case of group 3. In other words
the owner would almost double his profit
by using cotton seed meal and silage as
compared with using a minimized ration
of silage with hay ad libitum and a
generous ration of mixed concentrates
The difference in his profits would on
this basis be sufficient TO buy thirty
nine tons of cotton seed meal at $4,000
per ton. This would provide all the
grain needed to feed his herd of forty
cows for a year. u seems evident from
there figures that the dairyman could
pay from $4,000 to $4,000 per ton for
cotton seed meal If Necessary in pref
erence TO feeling the combination grain
ration used with group 3. This call
culation does not take into considera-
ton the enhancement in soil fertility
which would follow the use of a ration
containing such a large amount of cotton
seed meal These figures seem to estab-
lish the fact that cotton seed meal and
silage constitute an ideal ration for
dairy cows and the cheapest and most
effective combination of food stuffs
which can be used on the southern farm.
Also that cotton seed meal can be used
at price Of $3.50 TO S32.OO per ton
and still prove the peer of any other
concentrate or combination of concen-
trates which can be fed. 1t also is
clear from these figures that minimiz-
ing silage and increasing hay consump-
ton is a mistake and that a small
ration OF mixed concentrates and hay
cannot be made to take the place salts
factorily or six pounds of cotton seed
meal Notice that in the case of group 2
seven pounds Of hay and five pounds of
concentrates were fed in opposition viz
tually 10 six pounds of cotton seed
meal. The arrangement was not sue
cessful at least from the standpoint of
pront In group the minimizing of
sllage and the combination of hay and
mixed concentrates was not as salts
factory as the use of a ration of cotton
seed meal and silage. This leads TO the
conclusion, therefore. that the prices
OBTAINED for food stuffs in these ex
perlments cotton seed meal and silage
constitute the primary ration for dairy
cows in the south and that this ration
Is likely TO hold its own in the future
even II the corn and oat belt have been
moved south in larger degree in recent
years than most people ever thought
would be possible
F'ERTILIzING VALUE OF COTTON
SEED MEAL.
reference has not been made up TO
or such a ration would effect in tba
matter of soil Improvement Every ion
OF cotton seed meal of the grade here
used contains 1874 pounds of nitrogen.
o. pounds OF phosphOric acid and &c
pounds OF potash. At least three-ouar-
ters OF this should be returned to the
SOIL " the resulting yard manure is
carefully handled and properly returned
10 tne SOIL since commercial nitrogen
= -fwH 1, .
phoric acid TO cents and potash
unpurchasable, this phase of the oues-
ton should be kept closely in mind. In
TACT, II would be conservative To state
tnat every time a ton of cotton seed
meal Is fed on a southern farm from
$1,000 TO $500 has been added tn the
fertility Of the land if the resulting
manure Is properly preserved and utfl-
ized. or course, the other concentrates
USED IN THIS test have manurial value
put do not compare favorably in this
respect with cotton seed meal as thev
nave a much lower rating as carriers
or plant food than cotton seed meal Tho
building up of southern soils has now
become an essential matter and I de-
sire 10 emphasize the great possibilities
OF increasing the fertility Of orr land
through feeding our cotton seed meal
at home.
INFLUENCE ON HEALTH OF HERD
Another point I desire to stress ia
mat these cows were in good condition
throughout the test and that our herd.
led chiefly on cotton seed meal and
sllage in the winter time and run on
bermuda grass pastures with supnIe-
mental rations Of colt, ! seed meal I'm
the summer, has always been i'm a
healthy and vigorous condition. Our
nerd records show that forty cows in
Guiding grades and pure-breds now aver
age well above 5000 pounds of milk
per lactation period, which is a signif-
lcant record and one not easily sur
passed IN any section devoted to intensi-
fled dairying. The fact that we have
twenty-seven descendants of one cow
IN the herd fed on the rations indicated
above Is the only evidence needed To
show that when this wonderful concen-
trate Is used in a rational manner. the
health and vigOr of the herd will be
preserved in an entirely satisfactory
manner