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In the South many steers are fattened on cottonseed meal 

 as the sole concentrate. They are started on a comparatively 

 small amount, about 3 or 4 pounds per day, which is increased 

 to as much as 8 or 10 pounds before the end of the feeding 

 period. Cottonseed meal could be used to better advantage 

 as a part of the ration, some concentrate carrying a larger 

 percentage of carbohydrates being substituted as the other 

 part; The excessive feeding of cottonseed meal over a long 

 period of time has led to harmful effects; in some cases 

 blindness and partial paralysis are induced, but no such 

 results are obtained where it is properly mixed with other 

 feeds. 



Cottonseed meal seems to vary in its poisonous qualities 

 to hogs, some meals being quite toxic, while others have been 

 fed in heavy amounts for a long period without producing 

 death. Copperas has been used along with cottonseed meal, 

 as an antidote, with good results. The feeder should real- 

 ize that in feeding cottonseed meal he is using a cheap 

 feed that may prove injurious, and the animals should be 

 carefully watched. 



Cottonseed meal may be fed to work horses, brood mares, 

 and colts in limited quantities of from 1 to 2 pounds daily. 

 It gives the animals a good coat, and is keenly relished after 

 they learn to eat it. For dairy cows the use of cottonseed 

 meal to an amount not exceeding 5 pounds per 1000 pounds 

 of live weight per day is to be recommended. Its excessive 

 use has a tendency to raise the melting point of the 

 butter. Cottonseed meal is giving good results as a poultry 

 feed. 



135. Linseed Meal. Linseed meal is made by two proc- 

 esses. The old-process meal is the residue obtained by 

 expressing the oil while cold, by means of pressure. New- 

 process meal is the residue of the extraction of the oil by 

 means of naphtha, which is later driven off by steam. This 

 cooking makes the crude protein slightly less digestible. 

 The new process meal contains more crude protein, but only 



