FEijDING STUFl? INS_PE;cTION. QI 



ufacture in different mills also vary so that the meal from one 

 mill will contain more of the dark hulls which gives the dark 

 ■colored meal of inferior feeding value. 



Strictly first-class cottonseed meal is always bright and yellow 

 .and should have a pleasant nutty flavor. Not all dark colored 

 cottonseed meal is necessarily adulterated. The spontaneous 

 heating of the seed in the field, or over cooking of the " meats " 

 may render the meal dark in color without changing its compo- 

 sition. Such meal is not first quality, however, and should be 

 sold at a lower price. 



The hulls are lighter in weight than ground cottonseed cake 

 .and their presence in meal, particularly if they are not finely 

 ground, can be readily detected by stirring a little of the meal 

 in a tumbler with hot water. The hulls will settle out more 

 slowly and will appear on the top of the meal in the bottom of 

 the tumbler. Testing high grade meal in comparison with a 

 poor meal will usually familiarize one with this simple yet quite 

 reliable test. 



With the exception of samples of cottonseed meal submitted 

 "by jobbers for the purpose of learning their quality, no cotton- 

 seed meal has been found in the State that was below the Cotton- 

 seed Crushers' Association standard for prime cottonseed meal. 

 It will be noted, however, that none of the cottonseed meal has 

 run above 45 per cent in protein and that most of it has carried 

 about 40 per cent protein. The practical feeder can hardly 

 ■count upon cottonseed meal carrying much more than 39 per cent 

 protein and 8 per cent fat. 



cottonse;e;d fdkd. 

 Analyses page 84. 

 Two samples of cottonseed feed, both from the D. L. Marshall 

 Company were sent to the Station. These were approximately 

 correctly guaranteed in their percentage of protein. Unless 

 cottonseed feed can be bought for less than half the price of 

 cottonseed meal, it is probably not an economical feed for Maine. 



linse;i:d me;al. 



Analyses page 84. 



Linseed meal is made by grinding flax seed from which the oil 



has been more or less completely removed. Most of the oil 



meal now on the market is new process meal in which the fat is 



