THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS 



Jani iky •_', 191-",. 



COTTON. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



The reporl of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on 

 Sea [sland cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ended Decembei 5, is as follows:— 



The demand continues foi the limited offerings ol 

 bags on a our quotations, the buying being largely 



Mi-.. nut of the Northern Mills, who are attracted bj the 

 prices ruling for Fully Fine and Fine, which loot relativelj 

 cheap in comparison with prices paid for Floridas and 

 Georgias. The exports for the weeli were 208 bales t<. 

 Sort hei d Mills. 



The crop continues to ni<>\ t- to market slowly, the 

 receipts to date being only 1,517 bales against 3,728 bales 

 last 3 eai 



The Planters' crop lots are held at .>0e. to 35c, which is 

 much above the views ot Imyei's. 



We quote, viz: — 

 Extra Fine 23c.= 13ief., c.i.f. & 5 per cent. 



Fully Fine 20c. to 21c. = 1 2d. to 12£d, „ ,. ,. „ 



Fine L8c. = lld. „ 



Fine off in colour I7c. = 10£d. „ ., ,, 



This report shows that the total exports of Sea 

 bland cotton from thi United States to Liverpool. 

 Manchester and Havre, up to December 5, 1!>14, were 

 nil, 2ii(> bales, and nil respectively. 



which arc now selling it from §4*50 to $5"50 a ton, instead 

 of $7 to •■5'- 1 a ton ' 



At these prices cotton-seed meal is approximately $15 

 per t'ni cheaper than linseed meal, and, in addition, its feeding 

 value is a trifle higher. 



This meal is very rich in protein, and it is usually 

 considered that it- feeding value is at least twice that of 

 com. In other words, 1 Dx of cotton-seed meal is equal 

 tn •' th. of corn for feeding cattle. A small portion oi 

 cotton-seed meal has a*even greatei relative value where 



the ration would otherwise !»■ c posed entirely of feeds high 



in carbohydrates, such as corn, corn stover, and timothy hay. 

 This is extremelj important to cattle fee, his throughout the 

 corn belt, and othet States where much corn is fed. In 

 Indiana, for example, it was found that the addition of 

 1 IK. of cotton-seed meal to a ration of corn and clover bay 

 resulted in a saving of l'-'iT tti. ol corn and I'll tt». 

 clover hay. This means that it' corn was worth 70c. 

 a bushel, ami clover hay $15 a ton, each ton of cotton seed 

 meal fed tin- cattle saved the farmer $55*40 worth of other 

 feed. With cotton-seed meal at $24 a ton, thi- i- a net 

 saving ol $31"40 . saving well worth while. 



COTTON-SEED MEAL AS A FEED. 



Tin- accompanying article taken from Modern 

 Farming, shows that in the Quited States then- is 

 a likelihood that lo\i prices l"i & bton seed will prevail 

 during the coming year, and indicates the profit which 

 may be expected t<> result from feeding cotton-seed 

 meal t" farm animals, especially when tin- object is 

 bee! for slaughter. 



The use nt cotton-seed meal instead of linseed 

 as a high proteid food is known to Wot [ndian plan- 

 ters, ami it is used t" a considerable extent I'm- feeding 

 purposes. Tin figures given herewith should In- of 



interest: 



'I'h. estimated I .">,l nil 1,1 Mil i l.alc crop of cotton should 



yield 6,680,(Mi(i t,,n> ,,t seed. All of this, of course, will not 

 be crushed, but if last year's proportion holds good again, 

 about 2,0<k»,000 tens of cotton eed meal will be available. 

 Last year approximate^ I00,00Q tons were sent abroad. 

 Under present conditions it i- not probable that anything 

 like thi- quantity will bi exported this year, and, as the 

 cotton crop is larger than before, tl is safe to assume that the 

 quantity ol cotton seed meal pn the home market will be 



500,000 tons more than last y.iv. The situation has 



already resulted in a substantial drop in the price oi cotton 

 seed by-products. Cotton-seed meal can now be bought in 

 the South at pi it !2 to •-"-'l per ton, instead 

 of $27 to ■-'•"'! demanded last year. An even greatei 

 decn a ha tal i a place in the i I i otton -eed hulls, 



COTTON-SEED MEAL AND BEEF SCRAP 

 AS FOODS FOR CHICKENS. 



Eight experiments were carried out to compare cotton* 

 seed meal and beef scrap as protein food- for chickens. 

 These two foods were fed inmost eases in such quantities 

 that their nitrogen content was the same. The basal rations 

 fed were so deficient in protein that a considerable amount. 

 could be added in the foods under trial, without supplying; 

 enough for the maximum growth of the chickens. I'nder 

 such conditions the amount of protein would be the main 

 factor influencing growth. Further, the non-protein consti- 

 tuents of the foods were usually in such liberal amounts that 

 the protein was probably mainly efficient as a source of 

 nitrogen rather than of energy. 



It was shown that for the growth of young chicken- it 

 is more important, within reasonable limits, for the amount 

 of protein to be sufficient, than for it to be associated with 

 a definite proportion of carbohydrates and fat (i.e., than for 



there to be a definite nutritive ration). 



In certain of the experiments the chickens were cooked, 

 after preparation in the usual way. and the amount of water, 

 ash, protein, and fat determined, not only in the bones, but 

 also in the meat and snap. Between the ages of about four 

 to fifteen weeks, tin- chickens retained in the cooked portion 

 about IS per cent, of the nitrogen consumed in the rations 

 of medium protein content, in which case there was no 

 unnecessary waste of nitrogen. 



There was, if anything, a larger gain in live weight per 

 gramme of nitrogen fed in the case of beef scrap than in 



that of cotton -eed meal. 



If the constituents of bone are supplied, there appears 

 to be no reason why cotton-Seed meal may not be used to 



furnish a considerable portion ol the protein required by 

 chickens, especially if a moderate growth is satisfactory to 



the feeder. If the most rapid growth is desired, regardless 



of the amount ol I I consumed, beef -crap, it is stated, will 



I..- found more satisfactory, since in these experiments tie 



.In. kens consumed more of the beef -crap ration when 

 allowed to have all they would eat, and made a more rapid 

 growth in consequenci 



No toxic effect was found to result from the feeding of" 

 cotton -eed meal. (Tic Journal of the Board of Agriculture, 

 November I'M 1.) 



