Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-30
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BN DR. ANDREW III. SOULE

thousands of homes in the southeast
where these conditions prevail to
which the dairy COW is a stranger.
These same people are not earning
sufficient money, nor will they ever
be able to earn sufficient to buy and
use milk and dairy products in the
amount which would be possible If
they kent a COW. They are under the
impression that if they spend more
of their money for meat and other
so-called concentrated and. relatively
speaking, difficult digestihle foods
they are doing the right and proper
thing for the family. This is one of
those hideouS mistakes which we
have not as yet been able to correct.
The cow, therefore, occupies q necn-
liar place in our national economy
and it does not appear now that we
can disledge her therefrOtn. This
fact Of the matter is, we need a sort
of a COW renaissance, deeper appre-
citation and understanding of the
value Of the cow, and a greater eff
fort on the part of everyone favora-
bly, situated to maintain and keep one
or more COWS, not only for the pur
pose of supplying the needs of their
family, but providing that surplus
essential to those less fortunate who
live neighbor to them or in towns
and cities where the keeping of COWS
is Impossible.
AS to the feed, word of sugges-
tion to those who have cows on hand
and who live either OH the farm or in
our small towns and cities and are
wondering just at this time how and
what to feed the COW to maintain her
most economically. 1t is true that
feeds are very high, therefore We
should figure on purchasing those
which supply the largest unit of nu-
triton at the lowest cost, In the
matter of concentrated foods, there
is nothing more economical at the
present time than oottonseed meal.
Peanut meal, as it now comes on the
market, will run it a close second, and
velvet bean meal will stand about
third. The question is, may these
concentrates be used separately or in
combination to advantage? The ans
wer is, yes, Cottonseed meal should
not be fed to COW Weighing 500 to
1000 pounds in larger amounts than
to 5 pounds per day. This will sup
ply her with all the protein she needs,
She will then be obtaining as much
of this element as if we fed her
three times as much wheat bran or
four times as much corn meal, A
little more peanut meal may be fed
if desirable, say anywhere from to
s pounds. or velvet bean meal,
about the came amount may be fed
Under existing conditions it will
probably pay to feed these concen-
trates to dairy COWS acceptably.
At period when/corn is ordinarily
at a low price or other cereal by
products available in sufficient guam
tity, some of these can frequently b.
combined with our high protein con
,centrates to advantage. Wheat bran
or shorts can now be bought around
$4,000 or $4,000 and it would not be
bad practice to mix it with cotton
seed meal on flfty-fifty basis. 1t IS
not so important that other concen-
trates be combined with peanuts o.
velvet beans. as with cottonseed meal.
Remember that in feeding the COW
giving her what she needs is abso
lutely essential, but it is purely q
waste of food and damaging to he.'
digestion and health generallyNto give
her more than she needs, hence the
concentrated part of the ration
should be weighed out to the COW.
AS to the roughago, give the COW
as much range as possible. This
may not be lot over 100 feet square.
but keep her out in the open when
the weather is favorable, and if the
lot is covered with sod there will be
oil OH ni0lyincr nf o1 ~
her which she will relish and appre
ciate. If there is a lot available on
which cereals may be planted so
much the better. Every cow owner
should endeavor to have a lot of this
kind ready for use during the winter
AS to the roughage to use, any form
may be fed with a considerable
amount of satisfaction. Hulls at the
present price can be fed in the pro-
portion of about pounds of hulls to
one pound of concentrates with quite
satisfactory results. In the place of
hulls one may use shredded corn
slower, pulled fodder, sorghum anc
peavine hay, peaVine hay, peanut hay,
alfalfa mixed with tame hays, or
mixed tame hays. In case any of
these forms of roughage are used
in a dry form, except possibly al
falfa, we suggest the deSirability of
chopping up long straw folders,
inoistening them with water contain
ing a little salt, and allowing them to
soften a few hours before they are
fed. This provides a semi-succulent
ration and a rather satisfactory sub"
stitute for grass. 1t provides type
of food which is highly priced by
cows because of it's palatability. The
proper combination of concentrates
as indicated above in any of these
forms of roughage will provide afte.
all a relatively cheap. efficient and
satisfactory ration for a cow.
If your COW is worth keeping she
will give you about two gallons of
milk for a period of ten months
This milk at present prices is worth
something like $3.50 to $3.50 a day.
You can certainly feed and main
tain your COW for a smaller price
than this. Milk properly used may
be made to constitute with eminent
satisfaction one-fourth to one-flalf
of the daily ration of the family.
The dairy COW, therefore, seems like
worth while investment.
treating an Eruptive Skin Disease
P. S. c., Johnston, S. g., writes: L
have a five-year-old mule which has a
breaking out They start like little
bumps about the size of pea, and she
bites and rubs them until they swell.
When they dry up in one place they
break out in another. Is there any
remedy for this trouble?
We judge from the symptoms set
forth in your letter that your mule
is affected by what is known az
farcy, which is simply another name
for CHAMBERS. Almost all the drugs
set forth in the United States
Fharmaeopoeia have been tested in
the treatment of this disease, but
this is the most persistent disease
attacking animals and is very diff
ficult to handle 1t is a disease
THIS 81 SO VELVET