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DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION. 



I . Protein Feeds. 



Blood meal, occasional samples of which are found 



Blood Meal, in local markets, is prepared for animal feeding by 



Page 8. the western packinghouses. It is the highest grade 



concentrate offered, containing 86 per cent of pro- 

 tein, the balance consisting of water and ash. As a source of pro- 

 tein, especially prepared blood meal is probably worth twice as much 

 as high grade cottonseed meal. One-half to one pound daily, mixed 

 with corn and oats may be fed with benefit to hard worked horses, and 

 it may serve as a component of the daily grain ration for dairy cows.* 

 It is also valuable as a remedy against scours in calves. t 



The station has adopted the following tentative 

 Cottonseed and standard for cottonseed meal: High grade w^rtr/ should 

 Linseed Meals, contain 43 per cent protein and 8-10 per cent fat. 

 Pages 8-1 1. Mediian grade 7neal should have a minimum of 38 per 



cent protein, and 7-9 per cent fat. Both should have 

 a sweet nutty taste, and a bright yellow color. Lozv grade meat, con- 

 tains less than 38 per cent protein, and is generally dark in color. 

 Cottonseed meal obtained from seed grown in Texas, Arkansas, 

 Tennessee and Missouri, usually tests higher in protein than that 

 produced in Georgia and the Carolinas, which is known as south- 

 eastern meal. 



Many of the samples collected in Massachusetts have not analyzed 

 as high in protein as those secured in previous years. This is due 

 probably to trade conditions, the best grades being disposed of early 

 in the season for home or foreign consumption. 



AVERAGE ANALYSES AND PRICES. 



♦Three pounds each of bran, and corn or hominy meals, and one pound of blood meal. 

 t.\ teaspoonful thoroughly stirred into each feeding of milk. Feed should be reduced. 



