148 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 



COTTON SEED MEAL. 



Earlv in the present year our attention was directed to a brand of cotton seed meal 

 for sale in the Maritime provinces which differed in appearance from that usually sold 

 and which was therefore suspected of being of inferior quality. In forwarding a sample for 

 analysis and report as to quality, the Sussex Mercantile Co., Limited, Sussex, N. B., 

 wrote : ' This meal is of a darker colour than that usually handled here. The farmers 

 in this vicinity have been making complaints, claiming it is not as good an article as 

 the ordinary cotton seed meal of a brighter colour. It is purchased from the Florida 

 Cotton Oil Co., Jacksonville, Florida, through their St. John, N. B., agent and is quoted 

 at $3 to $5 per ton less than the ordinary bright meal.' 



Analysis. 



Moisture 9-48 



Protein 25-25 



Fat 5-43 



Carbo-hydrates 36 • 05 



Fibre 18-65 



Ash 5-14 



100-00 



The average composition of cotton seed meal as ascertained from the analyses of 35 



samples, is stated by the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., to be as 

 follows : — 



Moisture 8-2 



Protein •. 423 



Fat 13- 1 



Carbo-hydrates 23-6 



Fibre 5-6 



Ash 7-2 



100-00 



In 1900, we analysed two samples of cottonseed meal sold in Canada, and obtained 



the following results 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Protein 43-87 43-37 



Fat 11-63 1311 



It is very evident from the foregoing data, that in the two most impoi-tant con- 

 stituents — protein and fat — the sample under consideration is very much inferior to that 

 ordinarily on the market. Thus, calculating on the basis of equal values of the food units 

 in the two kinds, we find that one ton of the ordinary cotton seed meal has a feeding 

 value equivalent to 1 ton 876 lbs. of the Florida Cotton Oil Co.'s meal. We have never 

 before examined a sample with so low a percentage of protein, nor is there any account 

 of such a meal in the standard works on cattle foods. 



