Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-01-05

some corn should be fed for at least two
weeks before YOU slaughter the animal
1t is necessary to use corn in order 10
harden off the pork.
4 BELIEVER IN ENSILAGE.
II. NJ, Chipley Ca, writes: I have just
opened my concrete ,slo and the COWS are
wild over the feed which looks fine TO me.
Should they Rave cotton seed meal on inns
regularly? They eat ii g-ecdily without the
meal but l want them to fatten as fast as
possible.
/ am not surprised to hear that your
cows are wild over the silage. 1t is the
ideal food for thfs class of animals NJ
this season of the year when grass IS
not available. When properly put up
it comes out in a most inviting form
and it has a delightful aroma.
Where one is carrying cattle through
the winter to be finished on grass IN
the summer, only very small amount
of cotton seed meal need be fed, say
about a couple of pounds per day. Of
course, much depends on the size and age
of the animal, some requiring more than
others. Where one is feeding dairy COWS
with the idea of producing the maximum
amount of milk and butter it is best to
give them anywhere from three to hVe
pounds of high grade cotton seed meal
per head per day along with as much
silage as they will eat. This will ordi-
narily be from thirty to forty pounds.
The grain ration should be prepared
according to the size, age and productive
ty of the COW. One can feed five pounds
with advantage and profit to some cows,
where not more than three pounds
should be given to others.
Unless you are particularly anxious
to feed the meal we would be disposed
to take the kind which gave us the
largest amount of plant food for a ton
of seed. 1t should certainly pay you to
exchange a ton of seed for forty sacks
of meal unless it is of very inferior
quality, which the guaranteed anslys1s
indicated will easily enable you to de-
termine.
ANALYSIS OF COTTON SEED
MEAL
G.. W. =. Fitzgerald, Ca, writes What
is the difference in the analysis OF prime
meal and what is called fertilizer meal or
the kind that is made from spoiled mealE
! want 90 know which would be the best
to swap ton of seed for forty sacks or
fertilizer meal % sacks of prime meal.
There are supposed to be three grades
of cotton seed meal on the market in
Georgia. That known as high-gradc,
which contains about $50 per cent OF
nitrogen, that known as standard, which
contains els per cent of nitrogen, ana
that known as low-grade, which cintains
5.76 per cent of nitrogen. Fertilizer
meal may contain els or more per cent
of nitrogen due to the fact that it may
be classed as fertilizer meal because OF
the discoloration probably due to a
slight heating of the seed or to other
causes. on the other hand, fertilizer
meal might run as liw as feel meal or
low-grade meal in nitrogen. 1t is de-
datable question whether fertilizer meal,
that. is dark meal, should be used for
feeding purposes. 1t is generally held
that the bright, clean yellow meal is the
safest and best to feed. In other WordSy
| it must be made from selected seed,
and as it probably runs higher in nitro
gen and in quality. generally speaking
than fertilizer meal it commands a
! higher price.
In order to determine which one of
! the methods of exchange suggested in
your Letter would be best from your
point of view, it would be necessary to
have the guaranteed analysis of the fer
| tilibzer meal and the prime meal about
which you write. On the other hand,
| if you can secure this information for
yourself you can quickly determine
which one to purchase by figuring up
! the total amount of nitrogen, phospho-
ric acid and potash in twenty-seven
sacks of one kind and forty sacks of the
other.
ANALYSIS OF LEADING FEED
STUFFS.
H. z. r., MiIedgeville, Ga, writes: viii
You kindly live me the analysis II velVet
beans. also corn the cob? What kind OF
feed do they make for uotn cattle and work
stock? Which is the best cotton for boil
weevil sections?
The analysis of velvet beans without
hulls is as follows: Protein 21.S0 per
cent, fat $50 per cent, fiber 2.40 per
cent, carbohydrate Sill per cent total
phosphoric acid / per cent, potash to-
tai 10 per cent, equivalent to nitro
gen $40 per cent. You will observe
that a ton of this material contains
the equivalent of $40 per cent of nitro
gen or 1913 pounds of this element per
ton, approximately 20 pounds of phos-
phoric acid and "a pounds of potash.
The analysis of velvet beans with the
hulls is as follows: Protein 1850 per
cent, fat 4.6S per cent, fiber 1882 per
cent, carbohydrates $40 per cent, to-
tai phosphoric acid so per cent potash
total LIZ per cent, equivalent to nitro
gen 2.64 per cent This analysis shows
beans to contain the equivalent of 2.64
per cent of nitrogen or 56.S pounds CT
nitrogen per ton, together with IS