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color, in which the broken seed coats are visible. The cake made from 

 decorticated seed has a uniform light yellow color, nut-like taste and 

 agreeable odor. A darker shade of color frequently indicates old, over- 

 heated or poorly stored material. 



Fig. 51. Cotton plant. 1, Branch with flowers and ripe fruit (2); J, cross section of fruit 

 pod or boll; 4, longitudinal section of same; 5, boll with calyx; 6, open ripe fruit pod, with three 

 woolly seeds; 7, empty capsule; 8, seed surrounded with cotton fibers; 9, seed with cotton fibers 

 removed; 10, longitudinal section of seed; 11, cross section of seed. 



Whole cottonseed meal (American) contains 25 per cent crude pro- 

 tein, of which 17 per cent consists of digestible albumen; 6 to 8 per cent 

 fat (no starch — important in detecting adulterations), a starch value of 

 39 per cent, and 7 per cent of mineral matter. The by-products of de- 

 corticated seed are usually accompanied by a guaranty of 46 per cent of 

 crude protein and 10 per cent of fat. The latter is characterized by its 

 high digestive coefficient (98 per cent) and gives excellent results when 

 fed to fattening animals and milk cows. The digestible albumen con- 

 tent is 39 per cent and the starch value 73 per cent. 



The feeding of cottonseed by-products has frequently been followed 

 by serious poisoning in calves, young stock, and also in mature animals, 



