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may not destroy the poisonous product, and in many in- 

 stances the cotton seed is left in the pen and troughs of the 

 pen long enough to begin to decompose before they are 

 eaten, I am of the opinion that boiled or roasted cotton seed 

 will not kill pigs if the seed are not allowed to begin to 

 decompose in the pen before they are eaten. In other words 

 the pen should be cleaned out as soon as the pig stops eat- 

 ing, after each time of feeding. Some have asserted that 

 the lint on the cotton seed formed concretions or impactions 

 in some part of the alimentary canal. I have never observed 

 this and have only heard it asserted by persons whose ability 

 to judge of such conditions was questionable. 



Furthermore, some believe that the pig, when fed on 

 nothing but cotton seed or cotton seed meal, starves to death. 

 This may occur, but it failed to take place in the limited 

 number of tests we have made. 



From the tests that have been made here, it is very prob- 

 able that combining crushed cotton seed with a liberal quan- 

 tity of green rye, green oats, green sorghum, sweet potatoes 

 or turnips, it can be fed to pigs and hogs without great dan- 

 ger, providing the cotton seed is not mouldy or decomposing 

 or allowed to partially decay in the pen. It is also probable 

 that crushed cotton seed can be combined with skimmed or 

 separated milk. 



Furthermore, it is quite evident that, after a pig reaches 

 the weight of 50 lbs. cotton seed or cotton seed meal in com- 

 bination with corn, or cow-peas, can be made a profitable 

 pig ration up to the time of the premonitory symptoms of 

 disease. As a rule this period varies between three and six 

 weeks. The premonitory signs of disease, are weakness, 

 staggering, fever, loss of appetite and few, if any, movements. 

 When these symptoms appear, the pig should be turned 

 into a pasture or the food should be changed to bran slops 

 and corn or other healthy foods. 



The details of these experiments were carried out by Mr. 

 T. TJ. Culver, Superintendent of the Station Farm. Much 

 credit is due him for the results obtained. 



