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objectionable by some. We do not believe, however, that attempts 

 should be made to bleach the cottonseed meal. Bread made from 

 cottonseed meal is different in nutritive value from ordinary bread, 

 and it is well that the color should call attention to this fact. 



Cottonseed meal could be used to replace meat in any diet, in the 

 proportion of one ounce of cottonseed meal to two ounces of meat. 

 The daily ration should not exceed two or three ounces. 



Cottonseed meal could be used to increase the protein ration of 

 those who are at present consuming quantities below the standard. 

 The southern negro who lives upon fat meat and corn bread eats con- 

 siderably less protein than is called for by Atwater's standards. The 

 addition of cottonseed meal to his diet, at the rate of about two 

 ounces a day, would improve his ration in this respect. 



Negro families in Alabama eat only 62 grams protein per man per 

 day, on an average, living largely upon fat meat and corn meal. Some 

 consume as low as 1 6 to 24 grams protein per man per day. Atwater's 

 standards call for 125 grams per day for moderate work. According 

 to Chittenden, a low protein diet makes for muscular endurance. 

 Cottonseed meal introduced into such diets as referred to above would 

 increase the protein at a very moderate cost. It is to be hoped that 

 attempts will be made to introduce it in such diets to some extent, in 

 order that we may secure practical experience of its qualities and food 

 values. A mixture of five parts corn meal to one part cottonseed meal 

 could be used. 



Other classes of people living on a low protein diet, according to 

 Atwater's standards, are: poor families in New York, consuming 

 93 grams protein per man per day on an average; laborers in Pitts- 

 burgh, consuming 80 grams; Mexican families in New Mexico, 94 

 grams; Italian mechanics in Naples, average 76 grams. 



There are other classes of laborers, particularly in foreign countries, 

 whose daily ration is deficient in protein, according to our dietary 

 standards. The addition of cottonseed meal to their daily ration 

 would improve it in this respect. 



Summary and Conclusion 1 



i. Cottonseed meal or flour contains about four times as much 

 protein as eggs and three times as much as beef loin. Cottonseed 

 meal food products made from one part cottonseed meal and four 



1 From Bulletin 163, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, by J. B. Rather, 

 pp. 25-26. 



