French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-05-17
COTTONsEED MEAL FOR HOGS.

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A reader states that he has been told
by a dealer that "a mixture of high
grade cottonseed meal, wheat shorts
and rice polish is equal to corn at so
cents a bushel for feeding hogs,' and
he wants to know if this is true and il
so in what proportion these feeds
should be mixed"
Rice polish and wheat shorts in
equal parts, Of n part of shorts to
two of rice polish, is a good feed for
hogs.
We are afraid to advise the use of
c~ottonseed meal as feed for hogs, for
than four or five weeks at a
time. We know that many feed it as
a considerable part of the ration for
much longer periods without anything
but the very best results; but we also
know that when cottonseed meal is
fed in a quantity forming as much as
ven one-fourth or probably one-ffth
the ration, for more than four or five
weeks death sometimes results from
poisoning. This does not occur in all
trials, nor are anything like all the
hogs poisoned, even when fed for
much longer periods; but the deaths
are sufficiently numerous and more or
less occur in enough trials to make it
too dangerous to feed to hogs constant
ly, and consequently, it is too danger
Gus for us to recommend, except I'M
der certain conditions, as follows:
1 Cottonseed meal should not oonsti-
tute mOre than one-third or one
fourth the ration of hogs.
2. Cottonseed meal should not be fed
for more than four or five weeks
at any one period; but after a rest
of three to five weeks, the cotton
seed meal may again be fed for an
other period of four or five weeks.
3. When hogs are on green feed cot
tonseed meal may be fed in larger
quantities and for longer periods
than when dry feeds only are used.
4. Possibly the feeding of wood ashes
or cOpperas, with the cottonseed
meal, and souring the cottonseed
meal mixed with water before feed
ing, may have some effect in lessen
ing its poisonous action on hogs.
3. Except for its poisonous effects on
some hogs, ~cottonseed meal is a
most excellent feed for hogs, making
goood aims and producing a firm
carcass.
1t appears that some samples OF
cotonseed meal are more toXiv or
poisonous for hogs than are other
samples; but since no one knows
just what the poisonous matter is, it
is not practicable to distinguish the ]
less poisonous from the more pois-
nous samples of meal except by
trial.
C~ottOnseed meal, forming one-third i
or one-fOurth the ration. is a most
excellent feed for hogs for the last
four weeks before slaughtering;
for it produces good gains and hard
n the fat.
If ~cottonseed meal Is used with rice
)olish and wheat shorts we would adj
Use mixing them in the proportions of
me part of cOttonseed meal, two parts
# wheat shorts and three or foul parts
# rice polish.
Such a ration would not be much
If any, than seven to ten
arts of corn. and n part of tankage
~ weight, eve with corn at from a
Lollar to a dollar and a quarter a
consequently We can see no
Justification for the statement that a
of these feeds is equal to corn
It so cents a bushel. On the markets.
# which we have knowledge. cotton
eed meal is also high in comparison
former prices and shorts and rice
POLISH have risen in price along with
ther feedstuffs.
The South needs concentrate with
high protein content for hog feeding.
md it is little short of a calamity that
We cannot feel safe in recommending
meal as a regular hog feed.
t is the cheapest sourse of protein.
Lmong American feeding stuffs. for the
of cattle and horses. and every
should be made, and in fact is