DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



tonseed feed is very variable, depending on the per cent 

 of hulls used in making this feed, thus making it very es- 

 sential that cottonseed feed be bought only on a guaran- 

 teed analysis. A high fiber content makes cottonseed feed 

 a much less desirable poultry feed than cottonseed meal, 

 as fowls do not utilize fiber to as good advantage as do 

 livestock. 



Cold compress cottonseed cake is produced without 

 heating or crushing the seed and usually contains a larger 

 per cent of hulls than the cake produced by heating, so 

 that its value depends entirely on its crude protein content. 

 This product is sometimes called "caddo cake." Cotton- 

 seed hulls are used somewhat in the South as roughage for 

 feeding cattle but contain very little food value. They 

 have no place in feeding poultry but have been used 

 some in the South as a litter for poultry houses for which 

 purpose they are quite satisfactory. The use and value 

 of cottonseed meal is discussed more in detail on page 

 148 under the "Value of Animal Protein Feeds." 



FLAX SEED AND LINSEED MEAL 



Flax seed is raised principally in the Dakotas, Montana, 

 and Minnesota. In 1919, 8,919,000 bushels were pro- 

 duced which is only about half of the average production 

 of the five preceding years. The yearly production during 

 the period 1900 to 1905 was three times as great as in 

 1918 so that much less of the flax seed by-products is now 

 available for feeding stock and poultry than was pro- 



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