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for purposes of comparison. If available, either could be used in 

 small quantities, but it would not be advisable to compel poultry to 

 eat more of seeds so rich in vegetable fats and protein than they 

 would take freely when fed a liberal general ration. 



TABLE X. COMPOSITION AND VALUES OF FLAXSEED AND COTTON 

 SEED AND THEIR PRODUCTS 



Ground linseed. Ground flaxseed from which the oil has not 

 been extracted is called ground linseed. 



Linseed meal. Linseed meal is ground flaxseed from which the 

 oil has been extracted. Old-process meal is made from seed from 

 which as much as possible of the oil has been extracted by pressure. 

 New-process meal is made from the residue of seed from which 

 a large percentage of the oil has been removed by a chemical 

 process. Old-process linseed meal is often called simply oil meal. 

 New-process linseed meal often goes by the trade name " Cleve- 

 land flax meal." 



Cottonseed meal, cottonseed feed, and cottonseed hulls. Cotton- 

 seed meal is the only one of the three by-products of the manufac- 

 ture of cottonseed oil in which a poultry feeder would usually be 

 interested. Cottonseed feed might be used (at the right price) in 

 a ration which did not otherwise contain much fiber and fat. The 

 meals of this class are sometimes used in poultry feeding, but are 

 not popular as poultry foods, because it is found generally more 

 satisfactory to use animal foods to add to the protein and fat in 

 grain and vegetable rations. Cottonseed hulls are of little value 

 for poultry. 



