station Tests with Feeds for Dairy Cows. 



419 



644. Cotton seed and its by-products. — At the Mississippi Sta- 

 tion, ^ Lloyd tested cotton seed and its by-products in various 

 forms for milk and butter production with the results summarized 

 in the following table:* 



Feeding cotton seed and its by-products to dairy cows- 

 Station. 



Mississippi 



oSi 



Ibttr grade Jerseys and one 

 grade Holstein. (o) 

 9.6 pounds raw cotton seed, 

 9.2 pounds Bermuda 



hay 



10.6 pounds roasted cotton 

 seed, 10.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay 



10.4 pounds boiled cotton 

 seed, 8.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay 



9.9 pounds com meal, 9.9 

 pounds Bermuda hay... 



9.5 pounds raw cotton seed, 



8.5 pounds timothy 

 hay 



9.6 pounds raw cotton seed, 



10.9 pounds Bermuda 

 hay 



Four grade Jerseys and one 

 grade Holstein. (6) 



7.8 pounds raw cotton seed, 



7.7 pounds Bermuda 

 hay, 10 pounds silage ... 

 8 pounds raw cotton seed, 

 4.9 pounds timothy 

 hay, 9.8 pounds silage ... 

 S.t pounds boiled cotton 

 seed, 7.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay, 9.9 pounds 

 silage.„ 



9.9 pounds boiled cotton 



seed. 6.5 pounds timo- 

 thy nay, 9.9 pounds sil- 

 age 



8.8 pounds cotton -seed 

 meal, 10.2 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay, 9.9 pounds 

 silage , 



8.8 pounds cotton -seed 

 meal, 8.8 pounds timo- 

 thy hay, 9.9 pounds sil 

 age 



17.4 



19.1 



19.6 

 41.4 



i3.a 



18.4 



(a) Bui. 15.— Cost of feed in these six experiments, per ton: Raw cotton seed, |fr, 

 boiled cotton seed, $6.30; roasted cotton seed, $7.20; cotton-seed meal, $20; Bermuda 

 hay. 512.50; corn meal, 825; timothy hay, $20.80. 



(6) Bui. 21.— Roasted and boiled cotton seed and cotton-seed meal were same pricaa 

 as in note (o); Bermuda hay, $10; timothy hay, $21.46; and silage $2 per ton. 



1 Buls. 15, 21. 



« The Cotton Plant: Its History, etc., p. 412. 



