Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-15

tain but little food value. Mixed
with a highly concentrated and rich
meal they may serve to give it vol
ume and bulk, which is not an un-
desirable end to attain. Peanut meal
is not only a wholesome food stuff,
but it has a wide diversity Of uses.
1t may not be so well adapted as the
basis of a fertilizer as cottonseed
meal. but it holds out strong prom
Use of satisfactory service even in
that direction. On the other hand,
we know it can be fed with safety to
all classes of live stock. 1t is pala-
table. rich in protein and Oil, ana
therefore possesses those character
istics which make it's combination
with corn for the feeding of the
live stock on the farm especially de-
sirable. Nature has insured us,
therefore, if we care to exercise a
sufficient degree of forethought,
with a crop which may easily be
made to take the place of our cot
ton seed on an acceptable basis. =.
The third crop to which attention
may be directed at this time is the
velvet bean. This crop can be grown
with success in association with
corn throughout the greater part
of the state. It is important, OF
course, that the right varieties be
chosen for this purpose. In north
Georgia only the 90-day maturing
strains should be planted, While IN
south Georgia those requiring as
much as $50 days for maturity may
be used. Enough velvet beans may
he grown in association with each
acre of corn to provide nutrients
equivalent in feeding value to at
least an average yield of Is bushels
of corn per acre. By growing vel
vet beans with corn under wise man.
aeement we therefore practically
double the feeding value OF our
corn crop. 1t is true we are Guilt
waiting beans on a considerable per
cent Of the corn acreage now, but
much more needs to be accomplished
along this line.
AS to the method Of handling the
! beans, several practices NAV be FOL
lowed with success. Whenever pos
sible they should be grazed down IN
the field. They make an acceptable
food in this condition for beef ana
dairy cattle and for hogs OF some
| maturity. If they are harvested II
is probably best to shell them. They
may be ground into a meal
| This meal can be fed along with
corn to several classes of live stock
For the nutrition of dairy cattle an
admixture of corn and velvet beans
on the basis Of SO per cent will be
| found satisfactory. In the case OF
! feeding beef cattle one may begin by
using as much as two-thirds velvet
i1s6
| for the first 80 to 60 days of the
feeding period. The basis of admix,
| ture should then be changed to SO
per cent of each, while during the
last 80 to 60 days of the feeding
period use twothirds cornmeal and
one-third velvet bean meal. One
third of the ration of hogs may be
made up of velvet bean meal, while
small amounts can be combined
18th corn and cob meal, oats and
peanut meal in the preparation OF
concentrated rations suited to work
| stool.
1t would thus appear, that we car
supplement our Cottonseed crop to al
most any degree that may be desir
able. The fact there has been ma
| terial reduc zion in the volume of cot
| tonseed available for crushing pur
! poses, in other words, need not mini
nize our emphasizing animal pro
| duction on any desirable basis. We
could supply the deficiency indicated
| fl IN any one o. three sources, anC
| if we combine our en- 2rgieS in the
production of the three crops on
pplemental basis we could readily
overcome any decrease in the avail
F.. able supply of feeding nutrients
| which the entire elimination of Oul
cotton seed crop would bring about
Thee facts should encourage us tt
emphasize animal production enter
prises very strongly in the immedi
ate future. Through the agency Of
animals we can best recoup our
selves against the losses which the
boil Weevil invasion has wrought tt
our agriculture. The concentrated
product of animals can be marketed
more cheaply and effectively thar
any large volume of concentrates
Moreover, ; -ough fattening animal:
we will tain the greater part O.
thu food values or grain crops con
tein upon the farms and thuc ell
to enrich them and increase thu
| productive value Of - home acres
Those who would undertake tt
make calamity out of the decrease
in our supply of cotton seed from
the standpoint of it's effect upon oul
animal industries, can, therefore
present no proper brief for the sup
port of, their case. 1t is, indeed, no
only remarkable, but most encourag
ing that nature has provided us will
the facilities whereby we may max
up the decrease in feeding nutrient
hich the miffimization of our cot
ton seed output has brought abou
from any one of three sources Their
are very few states indeed where
would be possible to accomplish 81
desirable an end, yet I have point
ed out how this could be achieve,
in Georgia with success and salts
faction through the medium of eS
tending our acreage in corn, in pea
nuts, or in velvet beans.
1t is clear that our state was in
tended to be a great livestock pre-
ducing center. Nature provides u
with the facilities for the achieve