Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-04

, production of a Sufflclent surplus TO
amply supply the needs of our towns
| and cities. The farmer has chance, in
| other words. to make the meal worth
| $50 TO $50 a ton, depending on the skill
/ with which he handles it, and in view
| of the limited service which the seed
4 can render him, IL is a mistaken notion
| to think they should be retained on the
| farm rather than sold under conditions
| such as have pertained i'm recent years.
THE VALUE OF COTTON SEED MEAL
AS A CONCENTRATES
! Live stock farming can be prac-
ticed with profit only in those sec
| lions where grain can be grown with
! economy. Grains, because of the re-
| latively large amount of nutritive ele-
ments contained as compared with
rough, coarse fodder, such as hay, are
known as concentrates. While every
farmer is able under average conditions
1 to raise all the roughage needed, COM
paratively few grow a sufficient amount
| OF concentrates. The question natural
/ ~ arises on every farm as to what
should be purchased to supplement the
| heat and energy-producing foods, known
| technically as carbohydrates and which
| are found in abundance on every farm.
Various grains are used for this pur-
pose; depending somewhat on the Sec
| ton of the country. In the south we
\ grow primarily corn, oats, some wheat
and cotton. Corn and oats are relative
| ly high-priced. and wheat bran and mid
dlings are even more costly. Cotton seed
meal by reason Of it's abundance is there
fore the cheapest concentrate available
when considered purely from a monetary
standpoint. Moreover, it contains a sup
erabundance of protein, that element
! which is primarily concerned in the pro-
/ duction of muscle and milk
OF the three elements needed in ami
NAL nutrition, namely, protein, carbohy-
/ drates and fat, the first is by far the
most costly and the most difficult 20
I produce econmically even in the great
central valleys of the west where live
stock farming has attained the highest
development witnessed within the bor-
4 ders of the United States. Hence, by
reason of the superabundance of protein
contained in cotton seed meal, it is in
great demand, not only in the sections
mentioned but in foreign countries, as
previously pointed out. Thus, 1t is
not the most economical concentrate for
the southern farmer to buy because Of
/ the actual price at which II retails but
/ ii is by far the most desirable because
| ii contains about four and a half times
as much digestible protein as corn,
three times as much as wheat bran, AMI
/ four times as much as oats. Investiga-
| tion shows that most of the live stock
maintained on our farms suffer more or
| less by reason of a deficiency of protein
| in their daily rations. 1t has been DEM
onstrated. for instance, that horses and
mules will do more efficient work when
fed on a combination of corn and cotton
seed meal than when fed on corn alone.
1t has been clearly established that a
combination Of corn and cotton seed
meal in the nutrition Of dairy cows
will give better results than the use
, of corn alone. Instances Of this kind
might be multiplied but it is not neces-
sary to do this as the unprejudiced
reader will readily accept this state
ment at its face value.
BUILDING UP WORN LANDS.
A. J., Rieeboro. Ca, writes: I am an
| experienced farmer from the northwest
and experimenting with a young farm
| er VINO owns $50 acres OF improved land.
He is equipped with modern implements.
and feeds them in the field which makes
| his fall seeding very late. ! told hin
he should be satisfied with one crop year.
| ] told him TO fallow his field alternately
! from spring until fall seeding. / told him
to sow oats the latter part Of winter. He
says the tropical sun will blast them be.
fore they mature. If this Is true the
fault is with the sail Oats will mature
/ in 30 days In the north. | would be glad
/ for your suggestions the matter.
|
The problem about which you inquire
| is not an unusual one in this section
of the south. From our point of view.
however two crops a year should be
made to improve rather than exhaust
the land. In other words, there is no
reason why cereals should not be plant
ed in the spring, followed by cowpeas
or some other summer growing legume.
Where one desires to build up the land
il will often be necessary to turn the
| cowpeas. BY this method the supply
of vegetable matter in the soil is built
lup. The cereals should yield enough to
make their cultivation profitable and the
cowpeas and other legumes should pro-
vide enough grazing to produce say 300
to 500 pounds of pork per acre and at
the same time if the refuse is then plow-
ed under, increase the fertility of the
land. The trash may be handled sue
cessfully by blowing under to a fair
lly good depth In that event the land
should be rolled Immediately and cross
narrowed II is necessary to do this
to pack the soil sufficiently to bring
the moisture to the top and thus cause
the rapid decay of the trash. Under
this form of management the land will
be sufficiently firm to readily gerrninate
| cereals.
Cereals fertilized in the fall with a