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. 
Corn- and- velvet-bean 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 
