BULLETIN No. 158 DECEMBER, 1914 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



THE COMPOSITION, DIGESTIBILITY 

 AND FEEDING VALUE 



Of 



Molassine Meal, Cottonseed Meal and Hulls, 

 Cocoa Shells, Grain Screenings, Flax 

 Shives, Mellen's Food Refuse, 

 and Postum Cereal Resi- 

 due (CXX Feed) 



By J. B. LINDSEY and P. H. SMITH 



This bulletin contains a description of experiments conducted 

 to ascertain the feeding value of a manufactured feed which has 

 been extensively advertiseci, and of a number of by-products from 

 milling and human food industries. It explains of what each 

 material is composed or how it is prepared, states its chemical 

 composition and digestibility, and advises concerning its relative 

 value as compared with a standard cereal or by-product. A state- 

 ment is likewise made as to the suitability of each article for 

 different classes of farm animals, and the best way to utilize it. 



Requests for bulletins should be addressed to the 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Amherst, ]\Ias?. 



