Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-16

FEEDING MULES ON HULLS AND
COTTON MEAL.
W. A. H., Washington, Ga, writes: Be
cause of the high price of corn and other
products for feed, am thinking OF using
cottonseed meal and hulls TO feed my
mules. Please tell me in what proportion
these should be fed and how much per day
intend to use plenty of roughage alonS
with it.
Cottonseed meal and bulls will not
make a satisfactory ration for work
stock. The meal is entirely too con-
centrated and too rich in nitrogen to
suit the requirements of this class OF
live stock, and if fed in excessive guam
titles will almost certainly result IN
the development of what is known as
azoturia, a condition brought about by
surfeiting the systems of horses and
mules with nitrogen. You can use some
cottonseed meal in ration for your
horses and mules, however, to good ad-
vantage. we suggest that you use corn
or corn and oats as the base of the ra-
ton You can use say 400 pounds OF
corn or corn and cob meal, ESQ pounds
of oats and mix with 100 pounds OF
cottonseed meal. Feed this ration al
the rate of IL to 16 pounds per day
depending upon the size and age of your
horses and mules and the character OF
work they are performing. If you can
not secure oats, use corn in the pro-
portion of 500 pounds of corn or soc
pounds of corn meal with 100 pounds
of cottonseed meal. Hulls are not q
very satisfactory food for horses and
mules as their digestive organs will not
use coarse material of this kind to the
best advantage.
Using GROUND CORN STALKS IN
MIXED FEED.
W. c., Union City. Ga, writes: Are
ground corn stalks as satisfactory a
filler in a mixed feed as cOttOnseed hulls?
Corn slower contains about 81 per
cent protein, 424 per cent digestible
carbohydrates, and Z per cent diges-
tonseed bulls contain 3 per cent diges-
tible protein, 1873 per cent digestible
ca rboh ydrates, and 1.5 per cent dtges-
tible fat. You will thus see that in so
far as nutrition is concerned the corn
slower and stalks have considerable
advantage over cottonseed hulls. In
tests we have made a good quality OF
corn stover has proved about equal in
feeding value to fair quality of IT,
notify hay We can see no reason why
corn stover should not be used to re-
place cottonseed hulls for the purpose
you have in mind We do not under
stand however that ii is a practical
| BILE or profitable practice for farmers t
sell corn stalks and purchase them
back on the basis indicated in your let
| ter. For the town man, however, a
mixed feed which he can use direct
without rehandling may answer quite
| we'll. No doubt there is some economy
in handling feeds as you propose to
| handle them for this class of consum-
ers. The farmer and all others who
can follow this practice will find II
more desirable to grow their own rough
age and purchase such additional con-
centrates as may be necessary.
FEEDING A COW RECOVERING From
TICK FEVER.
| C. T.. W., Broxton, Ga, writes bought
| a heifer calf from the north about year
| ago and she does not do well. She got
fun of ticks and had her dipped. have
! given her stock powders, but they do not
| seem to do any good. She has scours all
the time. Please tell what to do for
| her.
Your heifer is undoubtedly suffering
| from the after effects of tick fever
When once an animal carries heav!
| tick infestation a large number of mi
|
attack and destroy the red corpuscle'
| in the blood, thus producing an anemi'
| condition They remain in the circula
| tory system for an indefinite length o.
| time and lack of thrift and vitalit!
| will be noted in the heifer for som'
| time to come.
As a means of combating the scour:
1 should advise you to give quart o.
raw linseed oil so as to thorough!
| cleanse the digestive tract. After THU
| feed nothing but easily digestible feeds
| A mixture of equal parts of bran ant
oats will be most satisfactory. Do no
| feed more than the cow will eat III
clean and with appreciable relish. Grad
ually increase the allowance as her ap
| petite improves Such feds cotton
| seed meal, hulls and velvet beans shoulC
! be withheld for the present. Above al
things, do not allow ticks to get on he
again.
| OPERATING A TwO-HORSE FARM.
j. l.. B., Soperton, Ca, writes; This is
| my first year farming in the piney woods,
| | am a one-horse farmer, but as l can rent
better land by taking two horses than one
labor is scarce, am thinking or taxing
| the two horse farm, but have labor but
| myself and wife. Would you advise me to
| do this? Which breed Of hogs would be
best TO resist cholera l find it to be
| very lItQueuJ heIt
If situated as you are, ] would under
take to rent the two-horse farm for tn
| simple reason that a horse, If properl!
handled, should be able to perform NOR
| than the equivalent in labor of one man
AS the war progresses the labor problem
! will become more and more Difficult
and we must depend. therefore, on tn
use of a larger percentage of horse
and mules as we'll as implements t
take the place of the lesser amount o
man labor available for agriculture
operations. Using two horses in plac
of hand labor simply means that yo
must study the question more careful
ly, plan the operations of your farm
early in advance and aim to so plan
and distribute the crops as to enabl
you to cultivate and harvest a create
proportion of them with the aid of hors
labor
Present indications indicate that goo
prices are likely to prevail for farr
crops for some time to come owing t
the worlds shortage of foods and tn
labor situation will become intensifie
by war conditions.
There is no one best breed of hog
adapted to Georgia Any of the standar
breeds will do we'll under wise manage
ment and careful handling. I do no
think 1t can be said that one breed wi
resist cholera better than another. TIL