42 Bulletin 827, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



for cottonseed meal for shipment is such that velvet beans are 

 usually a more economical feed for cattle. The value of cotton- 

 seed meal as a cattle feed is so well known generally that it needs 

 no discussion here. 



Peanut meal, a by-product of the manufacture of peanut oil, is 

 now produced in some sections of the Piney Woods in con- 

 siderable quantities and is rapidly gaining favor as a feed for cattle. 

 According to analysis, " peanut-oil cake " and " peanut-oil meal," 

 made from shelled nuts, are practically equal to cottonseed meal, 

 but their comparative value for feeding cattle has not been deter- 

 mined. Peanut meal is extensively used and is valued highly as a 

 cattle feed in Europe. 



Peanut hulls are high in fiber and have no higher feeding value 

 than grain straw. Peanut meal from unshelled nuts contains about 

 one-half as much crude protein as the meal made from shelled nuts. 

 The hulls are often ground and added to the meal as an adulterant 

 to give bulk to the feed. 



The American feed-control officials classify " peanut-oil cake " 

 and " peanut-oil meal " as products made from shelled nuts. When 

 unhulled nuts are pressed the product should be labeled " unhulled 

 peanut-oil feed " and the ingredients given as peanut meal and 

 hulls. 



Some of the most valuable protein concentrates, both commercial 

 and farm grown, are now produced in the Piney Woods region in 

 sufficient quantities to fatten a much larger number of cattle than 

 are now produced. When it is considered that less than 10 per cent 

 of the land is in cultivation the possibilities for feed production 

 become apparent. 



SILAGE CROPS. 



Corn is the most generally used and most reliable crop for silage 

 in that region and is considered superior to any other silage. From 

 5 to 6 tons of silage is a fair average yield. On the richer lands and 

 on lands well fertilized the yields run as high as 10 to 12 tons an acre. 

 The long growing season permits corn planted the first of July to 

 mature for silage and a crop of corn for silage commonly follows oats. 



Sorghum ranks next to corn as a silage crop and exceeds corn in 

 the tonnage per acre. Sorghum silage is practically equal to corn 

 silage in feeding value, although the latter is usually preferred. Sor- 

 ghum in that section is a very reliable crop and is much more easily 

 saved as silage than as hay. 



Com-and-velvet-oean silage has been used in a very limited way 

 because of the difficulty of cutting the crop and removing it from 

 the fields, but where the crop has been utilized in this manner it has 

 met with instant favor. The silage is dark in color but of excellent 



