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DISCUSSION OF THE INSPECTION. 



I. Protein Feeds. 



Cottonseed Meal 

 and Feed. 

 Pages 6-7. 



1914, 68 per cent. 



The quality of cottonseed meal as shown by 

 the samples collected in Massachusetts is grad- 

 ually growing poorer. In 1912 only 34 per cent, 

 of the samples collected showed less than 41 

 per cent, protein; in 1913, 65 per cent; and in 

 The average fiber percentage, which is an indi- 

 cation of hull content, has increased. In 1911 it was 7.70 per cent; 

 in 1912, 8.38 per cent; in 1913, 9.15 per cent, and for the present 

 year, 9.37 per cent. This condition will continue to exist just as 

 long as the consumer makes no distinction in the value of cotton- 

 seed meal of different grades. 



As a dairy feed cottonseed meal of good quality is one of the 

 cheapest sources of protein and on account of the nitrogen and 

 phosphates which it contains, has a manurial value greater than 

 any other feed. Two or three pounds daily fed with other and 

 more bulky foods are usually considered more satisfactory than 

 larger amounts. 



Average Analyses of the Various Brands 

 of Cottonseed Meal Collected. 



