Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-04

SEED meal IN dSSOCldIlOh Win hSSD -
as follows: Prepare mixture OF
parts of corn or corn and cob meal and
one part of cotton seed meal. Ferment
this mixture in summer for about TWEEN
ty-four hours and in winter for about
forty-eight to seventy-two hours, de-
pending on the temperature. The hogs
to be fed on this ration should be pro-
vided with a good area of green Tor
age crops to Craze on. Sod fields are OF
course some advantage but winter
growing cereals should be given prefer
ence. Feed a moderate ration of this
mixture each day, about what the hogs
will eat up clean. You will of course
he feeding it in the form of a fairly
thin slop. Do not over feed and do not
figure on feeding the above mixture for
more than sixty days. In some in
stances 1t can be fed with satisfaction
for as long as ninety days.
A very large number of experiments
have been made to discover the best
methods of utilizing cotton seed meal
as a source of food for hogs. The re-
suit of all the work accomplished up
to date may be summarized in the above
statement of conclusions and directions.
Essential Information About silos.
ID. p. NJ, Cobbtown, Ca, writes:
would like information silos.
Would like to know the size to build for
forty or fifty head of cattle. Would like
to erect to take care Of my COW feed.
We consider the silo an essential
piece of equipment on every farm in
Georgia where live stock is maintained
1t is very important to the producer of
beef cattle and is indispensable to the
dairyman. Several different types of
silos may be erected, according to the
funds at ones command. A stave silo
ILL III Aesk
and will answer for a considerable pc
Rod Of time. We have built some
structures here at the college and at
other points in the state, of rough luin-
Der which have proven satisfactory and
are much cheaper than slaves. For per-
manency we recommend the structure
of a concrete or monolithic silo. We
consider that while this type of silo
costs the most. it is by far the most per-
manent type of structure you can build,
and where one has several hundred dol
lars at his command we would advise
him to erect a monolithic silo. If you
have only a small amount which you
wish to invest in a structure OF this
character then build one Of the cheaper
types.
You will find that it takes about forty
pounds of silage to feed 1,000-pound
cow for a day, and you should figure
on this amount for the number or Gays
you will desire to feed and the num-
Der of animals to be fed. Our expe-
rience indicates that we can use silage
to good advantage in Georgia for about
nine months in the year. Therefore, we
would build a structure large enough to
supply an abundance of this most de-
sirable and excellent substitute for
grass for longer than the ordinary win
ter feeding period would be- 1t would
take about 270 tons of silage to feed
fifty cows for go days. Such struc-
ture would of necessity have to be at
least forty feet high and twenty feet In
diameter. You could build silo forty
feet high and make 1t sixteen feet In
diameter and secure about the same
storage capacity. Possibly it would be
better to build a structure not quite SO
large as this. and we would suggest
that the first one you put up should
provide storage for about $50 tons.
silo thirty-six feet and sixteen inches
in diameter would answer under these
circumstances. After you have learned
to use it and fill 1t you can easily oullo
an additional structure