Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-13
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Have Peanut Hulls an Animal Food
ValueP'.

- y. ii. C., ReidSville, Ga. writes: What
Is the. yaine of peanut huHs as an animal
e, , Ioou Our impression is that. peanut meal,
composed OF both hull and NUT is a most l.
saIgapie animal food, and ana tho .TTceffects
that p Ss1n 't Sp Tse 5 Pas 2BEea to me Il
iran either cottonseed or Selket Dean bulls
/. feanut bulls contain .approximatelIe
81 per cent water, as per cent ash. 7
per cent of crude protein, $50 per cent
hoer 'lS.9 per cent nitrogen free extract.
and 26 per cent fat. OF the foregoing
elements only A per cent of the protein.
SS per cent of the carbohydrates and
Z. per cent of the fat is dfgestfbIe. You
VIII thus see that this food is not 'of
much value for the nutrition Of live
stock. According to these figures il con-
talns high percentage of crude fiber.
a material which is as a rule difficulr
OF digestion and assimilation. Peanut
huHs by themselves would be much IN
the same class as corn cobs. excent
that the peanuts contain a little mora
lat and the corn cobs a little higher
percentage of carbohydrates. One would
not regard corn cobs as possessing food
Value TO Justify their use except for the
purpose of diluting a concentrated food
material. We would think the peanut.
hulls. if fed by themselves as a rough.
age. could not be used satisfactorily
with live stock, though we have made
no special experiments along this line
and, therefore, could not answer the
question definitely from. first-hand ex-
rerience.
+ If the peanut hulls were ground I'M
with the peanuts into meal either be-
fore or after the extraction of the oil
We cannot see how their use would be
injurious. We have fed, as you proba-
bly, know, very considerable quantities
of peanut meal to beef and dairy cat
tie and hogs here at the college dur
ing the past year All the animals SO
fed have thrived. This was "a south
Georgia product which we fed. 1t repre-
sents the peanut meal and hulls ground
together after the oil has been extracted
We do not think it will be desirable to
feed peanuts and hulls ground together
before the oil is extracted on account
OF their richness in oil. 1t seems obvious
that if all peanuts were harvested and
the oil extracted therefrom and the
meal returned to the farm and used as
food for hogs in combination with a
moderate amount of corn the soft oily
pork. which results from grazing hogs
directly on peanuts and about which so
much complaint has been made would
be gotten rid of to- the advantage OF
everyone.
1t is, of course, desirable that a very
CoUSluSFdDle- proportion OF the peanuts
grown this year be used for the produc-
tion of oil and human and animal food
as well. If the hulls are to be used we
would think it would be better to grind
them in with the feed for live stock,
as we have already indicated. We de
not think a larger proportion of hulls
should be added to peanut meal, how
ever. than the crop naturally provides.
Cottonsced bulls, of course, are not
rich .in digestible nutrients. They run
much the same as peanut hulls and
corn cobs Cottonseed hulis, however.
as you know, are chiefly valuable AZ a
fcodstuTc for Eliminating animals, which
can consume and. use to some advantag'
large quantities of coarse rOughage. our
farmers must realize at the inception
Of our modern live stock industries. that
animals to be prCfitably maintained
must be fed on rich, nourishing food.
We cannot fool the animals or the ami
mails stomach Successful animal pro
duction and maintenance has been and
always fill be based on a liberal nour-
isbfng ratiCn which contains an album
dance of high grade concentrates.