Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-07

that brings g better price than
other varieties. Also, 1 would
like to know the price Of the
seed Of the best long staple cot
ton. Also advise me if this va
riety makes as large hollis as
other varieties of cotton.
No doubt you refer to what We call
MEADE" cotton. This is a long sta
pie, upland variety originated num-
Der of years ago. 1t was first di-
rected to our attention by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture.
1t did not seem to have made much
impression upon those gentlemen
however, and its cultivation was
therefore practically abandoned. We
took it up here in Georgia, and 1t
made quite an enviable record on the
test plats we were conducting in va
rious parts Of the state. It proved
to be a variety Of exceptionable ear
illness and possessed of a staple L Ia
to'1 S-S inches in length.
We found that it could be grown
in those sections Of the state where
sea.island cotton had previously been
cultivated. When the boil weevil
came along however. the cultivation
of the old varieties of sea-island cot
ton had to be abandoned because of
its lateness in maturing. Meade cot
ton seemed to offer a solution of the
difficulty. There are enough farm
ers in Georgia with faith in it to
have planted several thousand acres
this year. Some farmers who have
cultivated this cotton for several
years have secured as much an one
and one-half bales per acre. The
price Of the staple has been so much
higher that that of the short staple,
upland sorts, that the farmers have
made a substantial profit out of
handling it.
There is no reason why it should
not retain it's good qualities if grown
in Louisiana. It should not be diff
cult for you to secure seed of this
cotton from reliable parties at rea-
sonable cost. We believe it would
pay you to try it. The bolls of this
variety are of a satisfactory size.
The Food Value of Soy Beans
D. E., Marietta, Ga, writes:
What is the feeding value OF
soy beans as they are gathered
or cooked for cow feed? What
about feeding vine and all crush
ed in a crusher? Please give
me the food value of corn cob
as compared with cotton seed
hulls.
Soy beans contain approximately
30.7 pounds digestible crude protein
22.S pounds digestible carbohydrates,
and 144 pounds digestible fat per
100 pounds. The nutritive ratio is
therefore as to 8. This is some.
what wider ratio than is desired for
dairy COWS. If the oil were extract
ed from the soy beans then the meal
becomes a good deal richer in pro.
tein and carbohydrates, but there
is of course q marked reduction in
the fat content. Soy beans would
not make u satisfactory food for
cows, by themselves, but if combined
with various other concentrates an
excellent grain alton can be pre-.
pared.
They might be mixed on the fifty.
fifty basis with corn, or you might
use one-third corn, one-third oats,
and one.third bean meal. You might
replace the oats with velvet bean
meal If you prefer.
1t is not necessary to cook sou
beans to feed them to COWS. IT
would be much better to grind them
and feed in the manner indicated.
You can grind up the stalks of soy
beans if you desire to do so, but we
doubt the wisdom Of this practice.
We think it better to feed this part
Of the plant in the form Of dry
roushage, believing that the cattle
will digest and assimilate it to ad-
vantage and that it will furnish cows
with a desirable form of roughage.
Soy beans hay should not be fed by
itself, but in association with clean,
bright shredded slower, shredded sor-
ghum fodder, or any other form OF
roughage which may be available on
the farm.
Corn cobs contain practically no
nutriment. In 100 pounds of this
material there is A pound protein
ALB pounds carbohydrates, and 2
pound fat. One hundred pounds OF
cottonseed hulls contain 8 pound
protein, 1873 pounds carbohydrates
and Is pounds fat. We would much
prefer to use the hulls rather than
the corn cob, however, because OF
the large content Of fat and their
much greater palatability.