The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-23
STRAW WANDSTOVER MAKE MEAT

The utilization of cotton seed meal and other feeds with our wasted straws and stover would mean not only tremend- out saving in the cost of producing meats and dairy products and in the feeding of horses, but also a great saving in the cost of enriching the soil The losses from these two sources, from nation- wide standpoint as well as from the standpoint of the individual farmer, con stitute greater total than that of all other losses (except that from disease) occurring tipon the Amrecan farm to- day.
 Only those feeds should be used in wintering live stock which will keep the animals in a thrifty. growing con- ditton. In following this policy it is possible for the stockman to cut down his own feed bills and prevent from go- ing to waste many of his home grown been entirely or partially lost. In util- izing as far as possible corn stover straw and such material, other products formerly fed to live stock, but which are suited and much needed for human food can be conserved.
 It is estimated that the total amount of corn stover and straws burned, plowed under, allowed to rot in stacks, and wasted in other ways is worth over S10O, ,O00,000. This is an appalling loss, and if these feedstuffs were used in the feed ing of cattle, sheep and horses it would result in greatly increased profits to in dividual farmers as well as tend to in crease the supply of meat and dairy products.
 After three years study with cattle in the corn belt the office of farm manage ment of the United States department of agriculture has demonstrated that the breeding herds maintained most largely on roughages, such as oat or wheat straw and corn stover with very small quantity of concentrate feed, such as cotton seed meal, corn, etc), are the herds from which the largest profits are returned
 HOW STRAW IS USED
 Of the total amount of straw produced annually in the United States H.9 per cent, or 64,70S,000 tons, is estimated to have been used for feeding purposes, while that used for bedding is estimated at 12.3 per cent, or 14,519,000 tons. Accord ingly, the total used in live stock pro- drction would be about 67.2 per cent, or 79 227,000 tons. The straw that was sold, plowed under and burned amounts to about BPS per cent of the total, or 3S,-
  the total production of straw is being used to disadvantage, one-half of which is an almost total loss. If straw is not used by live stock or plowed under, it's value as a soil-enriching material is mainly lost. Its chief value as fertil- izing material lies not in it's fertilizing elements, but in it's tissues as source of humus. Because of it's value as food and when used for bedding, as an ab- sorbent of liquid manure it is very poor economy to plow straw under when it can be used as a feedstuff or bedding material.
 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
 Practical experience as well as ex perimental work has taught that straw and stover can be used very economically in the rations of almost all kinds of live stock. These roughages are and should be used in the fattening rations of all farm animals except hogs, and should compose the larger part of all wintering or keeping rations for cattle, sheep and horses. Breeding herds of beef cattle or dry dairy cows can be successfully kept on rations composed largely of these materials. Flocks of breeding ewes do well with such feeds when some grain is added. Horses doing very light or no work need little gain if given plentiful allowance of clean, bright straw or