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TABLE I. 



Analyses of feeds used in Dairy Demonstration .June 16-July 



Wasliington, D. U. 



8.— Bureau of Chemistry, 



An inspection will show wide variations in tl.c feedin;;; value of the 

 feeds placed on the market under the same name. It must in this con- 

 nection be remembered that the analyses were made of composite sam- 

 ples and represent the average composition of the feed for the respective 

 herds for a period of sixty days. Of course high values would counter- 

 act low ones. No doubt if we had the figures for the different lots of 

 feed bought from time to time, much greater variations would be notice- 

 able. - ^ ■'■tts^^ 



Let us examine some of the common feeds, as cotton seed meal. 

 Protein is the feed which the dairyman desires to purchase when he buys 

 such a concentrate as cotton seed meal. For our purpose, the term albu- 

 menoids in the table is equivalent to protein. We find the cotton seed 



