160 Feeds and Feeding. 



oil palm is cultivated in Africa, South America and the "West 

 Indies, from wMcli countries the meal is largely shipped to 

 Europe. Palmnut meal is highly prized as afood for dairy cows. 



225. Peanut meal. — The by-product in the manufacture of oil 

 from the peanut or earth-nut is used in various European countries 

 for stock feeding. Peanut meal is one of the richest known foods 

 in the amount of protein it yields. Voelcker ^ states that peanut 

 cake proved on trial to be a useful feeding material for cattle, 

 having a value about equal to beans. (892) 



226. Sunflower seed cake. — The sunflower is grown in Eussia 

 on a commercial scale, one variety with small seeds producing an 

 oU which senses as a substitute for other vegetable oils. The 

 large seeds of another variety are consumed as a dainty by the 

 people. 



The average of five experiments conducted by the North Caro- 

 lina Station ^ in as many parts of the state showed a yield of 

 sixty-five bushels of sunflower seed per acre. Mammoth Eussian 

 sunflower seed weighed 26.7 pounds per bushel, with 21.5 per 

 cent, oil; Black Giant seed weighed 32 pounds per bushel, with 

 20.8 per cent. oil. 



Bartlett, of the Maine Station," concludes that, "With the 

 same cultivation, corn produces a third more protein and twice 

 as much carbohydrates as sunflower heads." 



227. Fertilizing constituents. — In general all the oil-bearing 

 seeds are rich in fertilizing constituents, especially nitrogen. The 

 extraction of the oil removes none of the fertilizing value, but 

 concentrates it in the residue. The stockman who is interested 

 in the fertility of his land as well as the nourishment of his stock 

 should never forget these facta when considering the purchase of 

 various feeding stuffe. 



» Jour. Roy. Agr. Soc, 1892. 

 » Bui. 90 b. 

 » Eept. 1895. 



