LOW GRADE AXD HIGH GRADE COTTONSEED 

 ^lEAL COMPARED. 



J. ]\I. Bartlett. 



The work here reported was undertaken in order to compare 

 the value of the low grade cottonseed meals, which are some- 

 times found on the market, with that of high grade goods, and 

 to point out to the consumer the desirability- and economy of 

 purchasing only the best of this class of foods. 



Cottonseed meal is a highly nitrogenous feed, manufactured 

 from the decorticated seed in the cotton growing regions of the 

 South. The best meal is of a light yellow color, quite free from 

 lint and hulls, and has a fine nutty flavor.* 



C0TT0X5EED MEAL AS A FEED. 



Cottonseed meal has been extensively fed to cows in the Xew 

 England States for the past 20 years and stands pre-eminent 

 among nitrogenous feeds as the most economical source of pro- 

 tein. Practical experience, supplemented by carefully con- 

 ducted experiments, both in the United States and Europe, has 

 demonstrated the high feeding value of this material for all 

 kinds of farm animals, with the possible exception of horses, 

 calves and pigs. Its value for producing meat, milk and butter 

 have long been established. It is the most highly nitrogenous 

 of the feed stufTs on the market, and is, therefore, the most 

 economical for balancing rations of feeds deficient in protein, 

 such as corn silage, timothy hay, com meal, etc. The price has 

 advanced considerably of late years, owing partly to its more 

 extensive use in the South and West for fattening steers, and 

 partly to the advance in price of other feed stuffs. 



* For a fall description of the process of manufacture of cottonseed meal see 

 Farmers Bulletin No. 36 of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, •which can be obtained 



free from Members of Congress. 



