Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-12

sock Under ordinary circumstances we
mink YOU might count on "A calf crop OF
SO per cent Your plan of handling the
1--WE stock is alright in that YOU Will
Intimate tire undesirable cows and at
all times maintain 1000 breeding cows
We think your estimate of the cowboys
needed to ride the range and look after
the pasture fences is correct.
We are inclined to think that you
would find 4 an advantage to feed silage
to all OF your cattle for from one TO
three months during the winter. We
10 not think il will be necessary to feeu
silagc 10 the cows unless they should
-ct down in a very poor and thin condi-
zion. OF course If they are kept in good
ilesh they viii naturally 80 through the
winter better and drop a stronger and
more vigorous calf. The cows should
be given ration for the time they are
fed o. from twenty to thirty pounds of
silage per head per day. twenty would
probably answer with what they pick
up in the pasture. The steers to be
fattened should be provided with thirty
to forty pounds of silaSe per head per
day. IN other words, they should be
given all of this material they will eat
up clean.
In feeding cotton seed meal or velvet
portions, We would begin by allowing
the cattle TO be finished ration of two
pounds per head per day and we would
gradually increase the grain ration
about pound per day until mixture
OF seven to nine pounds is fed during
the last thirty days. We believe you
would not want to feed these cattle
for a period of not longer than ninety
to 120 days.
The amount of silage one can produce
from an acre of land depends on the
natural fertility of the SOIL. the season
and the crops employed. We presume
that you could count on but six to eight
tons per acre if you employ kafir corn
and sorghum. We have found the two
crops mentioned, when planted in alter
nate rows, to make us a large yield or
desirable silage and to withstand ad-
verse weather conditions admirably. If
you use lot manure on your soil devoted
to silage you can increase the yield prob
ably TO eight or ten tons per acre.
We believe twelve-mdle teams could
dc the necessary work, though we are
inclined TO think you could probably use
n tractor to advantage as a good deal
of your land is presumably level. We
advise that you grow all the velvet
beans possible as they san be. made to
improve your land and then they can
also be yrazed by your hogs with profit
They will make an excellent feed to use
with silaee, but a beu,er grain ration
will be had if they are fed in equal
proportions with cotton seed meal.
In conclusion, therefore, our plan
would figure up about as follows: You
would have the equivalent of 1850 ami
mails, including sires, TO be fed a main
tenance ration during the winter months,
say Of twenty pounds of silage. In
other words. it would take about 900
tons for this purpose. You would have
about 500 yearlings which should fig
IRE on feeding approximately forty
rounds of silage for 100 days, which
would require something like 1000 tons,
and then you would have 500 calves to
which you should feed at least ten
pounds of silage per day with possibly
a pound or two of grain, which would
take 400 tons of silage In all, you
would need 20 produce about 5000 tons
Of silage On the basis of six tons per
acre this would call for the cultivation
Of 500 acres of land We think you
could undertake to plant 200 acres of
velvet beans for grain production to be
followed by cereals 10 be used as hay
and grain and then seed the land to
ccwpeas for hogs You could also grow
100 acres or more in corn. Roughly
speaking, YOU would have to figure on
handling 500 acres or more under crop.
We believe YOU could DO this successful
" with the twelve teams of mules sug-
gested as YOU could double crop the
land and carry on work i'm your section
of the state in practically all seasons
Of the year.