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ents fed were slightly in favor of the gluten feed ration, it is 

 probable that the small excess of cocoanut meal was without 

 influence on the results. 



General Conclusions. 



1. Cocoanut meal is of the same general type of composition 

 as gluten feed. It contains more fat, ash and fiber and notice- 

 ably less carbohydrate matter. 



2. Cocoanut meal was found to contain about 100 pounds 

 less digestible matter in a ton than the gluten feed. By con- 

 verting the fat of the cocoanut meal into its starch equivalent, 

 however, its nutritive value would be rather above the gluten 

 feed. One hundred pounds of cocoanut meal contained 88.4 

 therms of net available energy as against 82.7 therms for the 

 gluten feed. This is clearly due to the higher percentage of 

 fat in the former. 



3. Our feeding experiment with 10 cows shows substan- 

 tially the same results in the amount of milk from the cocoanut 

 meal and gluten feed ration; slightly more butter fat was se- 

 cured on the former ration. 



It is believed that the cocoanut meal is fully equal to the 

 gluten feed in nutritive value, although it is doubtful if it 

 exceeds it. German observers consider it particularly desira- 

 ble for dairy animals in amounts of from 3 to 4 pounds daily 

 per head, and it has been shown to somewhat increase the fat 

 content of the milk. Fed in excess of the above it is held to 

 make too hard a butter. 



