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Show DROUTH BODY RE GO AMENDS IMPORTING FEED Suggestion Made That a Carload Car-load of Cottonseed Cake and Corn Be Shipped into County to Aid Farmers A meeting of the Washington county drouth relief committee was held in St. George Saturday to plan ways and means to feed the livestock through the winter. win-ter. They had been infoTmed that this county had not been included among the drouth stricken areas to receive government govern-ment aid. The committee is working to have the county restored, re-stored, but in case they are not able to accomplish this purpose, it will be up to the livestock growers to take care of themselves. them-selves. The following circular letter has been sent out to the cattle and sheep raisers by County Agent Ag-ent Walter F. Smith, at the request re-quest of the committee: "It is suggested that cottonseed cotton-seed cake and corn, both being cheap at the present time, can be shipped into the county to supplement the feed we have. Cottonseed cake is high in pro tein and makes a very valuable feed to both dairy and range cattle cat-tle as well as sheep. Cattle will not eat it at first, hut when they become used to it they like it very much. Livestock will, thrive on a very coarse feed, such as dry straw and brouse when given cottonseed cake. Mature Ma-ture cows should get from two to three pounds, and sheep one-half one-half pound per day. The cottonseed cotton-seed cake can be fed on the ground or in troughs. "This feed will cost about $25 per ton delivered to Modena. One ton of it will replace four tons of alfalfa hay and costs less than half as much. People with dairy cows and small farm flocks should take advantage of this if they possibly can. "We have not secured definite quotations yet, but will be able to do so on quick notice after we find out that we can place an 80,000 pound carload here. "If you can use any amount from 500 pounds up, please let us know immediately. It will Uake all our orders pooled to-!gether to-!gether to make up this shipment. No one gets a commission out of this and there is no fund to ! handle it, therefore, cash must 'accompany your order, j "The people of this county are not responding to the question-jnaires question-jnaires that are being circulated, jwe find it very difficult to serve the people when they will not help themselves a little. Please let us know about what you will 'want and we will quote you prices on both cottonseed cake and corn. It will take a pool order of 80,000 pounds of either kind to make a shipment." |