44 



The average of five analyses made at this station was as follows : 



(Pounds in 100). 



Total. 



Digestible. 



Experiments have shown about 41 per cent of the cottonseed 

 hulls to be digested and utilized by ruminants as compared with 

 55 per cent in case of timothy hay. In other words, in one ton 

 of material there would be 820 potmds of cottonseed hulls or 

 1100 pounds of timothy hay digestible and of food value. 



The preceding table shows cottonseed hulls to contain more 

 indigestible fiber and less of the digestible nitrogen-free extract 

 and total digestible nutrients than does timothy hay. While 

 they should be utilized in the South, they are not worth the con- 

 sideration of the northern feeder either as a product by themselves 

 or as an admixture in good cottonseed meal. 



Cottonseed hull bran differs from cottonseed hulls in the re- 

 iTLoval of the lint which is used for commercial purposes. The re- 

 marks made in connection with cottonseed hulls apply as well to 

 the cottonseed hull bran. A single analysis made at this station 

 showed it to consist of: 



(Pounds in 100). 

 Water, 11.0 



Ash, 1.9 



Protein, 2.3 



Fiber, 35.0 



Nitrogen-free extract, 48.7 



Fat, 1.1 



Oat feed is the residue resulting from the manufacture of 

 cereal breakfast foods. Its composition is affected by the relative 

 amounts of hulls and middlings, the larger the amount of middlings 



