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The following are excellent hand-books on animal feeding and nutri- 

 tion : — 



"Feeds and Feeding" by Henry and Morrison; "Profitable Stock 

 Feeding" by Prof. H. W. Smith ; "Manual of Cattle Feeding/' by Prof. 

 H. P. Armsby; "The Feeding of Animals" by W. H. Jordan. 



COTTON-SEED MEAL 



The General Assembly of JSTorth Carolina, session of 1917, enacted a 

 new cotton-seed meal law. Three grades of cotton-seed meal, Prime, 

 Good, and Ordinary, are specified. Sections 2 and 3 read : 



Sec. 2. That all cotton-seed meal offered for sale, unless sold to manufac- 

 turers for use in manufacturing fertilizers or feed, shall have plainly branded 

 on the bag containing it, or on the tag attached thereto, the following data: 



1. Cotton-seed meal (with brand and grade). 



2. Weight of package. 



3. Ammonia and protein, 



4. Name and address of manufacturer. 



Sec. 3. That no persons, firm, or corporation shall offer for sale any cotton- 

 seed meal, except as provided in section two of this act, graded and classed as 

 follows: 



1. Prime cotton-seed meal by analysis must contain at least seven and one- 

 half per cent of ammonia or thirty-eight and fifty-six hundredths per cent of 

 protein. 



2. Good cotton-seed meal by analysis must contain at least seven per cent of 

 ammonia or thirty-six and no one-hundredths per cent of protein. 



3. Ordinary cotton-seed meal by analysis must contain at least six and one- 

 half per cent of ammonia or thirty-three and forty-four hundredths per cent 

 of protein. 



JSTothing in section 2 prohibits giving, in addition to the data there 

 required, the per cent of fat, fiber, and carbohydrates; and this addi- 

 tional data should be given for the benefit of feeders. Cotton-seed meal, 

 whether sold as fertilizer or feed, is subject to inspection tax of 20 cents 

 per ton. 



