42 Rei'okt of the Depaktment of Animal Husbandry of the 



to be noted that the names of manufacturers are not given in 

 connection with various samples. As many of the goods were 

 not branded by the name of the maker or importer, it was thought 

 best, in order to avoid possible error, to consider the samples 

 wholly from the standpoint of what inspection has shown them 

 to be. 



These samples were submitted to more than the usual chemi- 

 cal analysis, — they w^ere carefully examined as to the nature of 

 their constituents, special attention being- given to the feeds of a 

 mixed character and to those coming under the head of proprie^ 

 tary or condimental foods. 



Moreover, the chemical analysis has been made to include even 

 more than usual. In the case of the mixed and chop feeds the 

 amount of fiber present is often suggestive as to the origin of 

 their constituents and besides it is interesting and useful to know 

 to what extent, especially in the corn and oat offals, the starch 

 and other equally valuable carbohydrates have been removed. 



cotton-seed meal. 



This feeding stuff is a by-product of the manufacture of cotton- 

 seed oil. The seed of cotton, after the long fibers are removed 

 by ginning, consists of a kernel enclosed by a thick hull. 

 This hull, after removal, constitutes a low grade feeding 

 stuff which is known in the market as cotton-seed hulls. 

 The hulled kernels are crushed and after they are cooked the oil 

 is removed by pressure, leaving a cake residue, nearly 800 pounds 

 from a ton of seed, which after grinding we know as cotton-seed 

 meal. The color of this meal should be light yellow and it 

 should have a clean nutty flavor. The percentage of protein in 

 the best product generally ranges between 42 per ct. and 46 per 

 ct. Among the causes of inferiority are the presence of hulls 

 and injury due to fermentations, but these conditions are indi- 

 cated by the color and flavor. Dark colored cotton-seed meal 

 should be regarded with suspicion. 



