Station Tests wUh Feeds for Dairy Cows. 



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644. Cotton seed and its by-products. — At the Mississippi Sta- 

 tion/ Lloyd tested cotton seed and its by-products ta various 

 forms for milk and butter production witb the results summarized 

 in the following table:' 



Feeding cotton seed and its by-products to dairy cows — Mississippi 



Station. 



Bation. 



0° 



§■3 





d 



sa 

 1= 



•^0 



OhO-3 

 to CJ (,_, 



6^o 





■Ovc 



ffl © 3 



6°^ 



Jbur 

 9.6 



10.8 



10.4 



9.9 



9.5 



9.6 



grad€ Jerseys and one 

 grade HolsteLn. (a) 



pounds raw cotton seed, 

 9.2 pounds Bermuda 

 hay 



pounds roast«d cotton 

 seed, 10.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay 



pounds boiled cotton 

 seed, 8.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay 



pounds com meal, 9.9 

 pounds Bermuda hay... 



pounds raw cotton seed, 

 8.5 pounds timothy 

 hay 



pounds raw cotton seed, 

 10.9 pounds Bermuda 

 hay 



erne 



Wowr grade Jerseys and 



grade Molstein. (6) 



7.8 pounds raw cotton seed, 



7.7 pounds Bermuda 



hay, 10 pounds silage ... 



8 pounds raw cotton seed, 



4.9 pounds timothy 



hay, 9.8 pounds silage ... 



pounds boiled cotton 

 seed, 7.5 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay, 9.9 pounds 

 silage 



pounds boiled cotton 

 seed, 6.5 pounds timo- 

 thy hay, 9.9 pounds sil- 

 age 



pounds cotton - seed 

 meal, 10.2 pounds Ber- 

 muda hay, 9.9 pounds 

 silage 



pounds cotton - seed 

 meal, 8.8 pounds timo- 

 thy hay, 9.9 pounds sil 

 age 



9.* 



9.9 



8.8 



8.S 



Days. 



85 



35 



35 

 35 



36 



35 



85 

 35 



35 



36 



35 



35 



Gal- 

 lons. 



1.10 

 1.22 



.97 



1.47 



.91 

 1.30 



.97 



1.66 



1.30 



1.61 



i.a 



Per 



cent. 



6.62 



5.65 



6.64 

 3.86 



6.43 



5.38 



6.95 

 5.78 



5.84 



5.87 

 6.74 

 6.70 



Cents. 



7.7 



8.6 



8.8 

 12.8 



12.8 



12.3 



6.3 

 8.3 



4.9 



8.4 

 9.8 

 12.6 



Pound. 



.498 



.546 



.439 

 .456 



.396 



.560 



.622 

 .438 



.717 



.602 



.685 



Cents. 



17.4 



19.1 



19.6 

 41.4 



29.5 



28.6 



1B.2 

 18.4 



10.9 



18.1 



22. 



28.1 



(o) Bui. 15.— Cost of feed In these six experiments, per ton: Baw cotton seed, W; 

 boiled cotton seed, $8.30: roasted cotton seed, ¥7.20; colton-seed meal, J20: Bermuda 

 hay, 812.50; corn meal, $25; timothy hay, $20.80. 



(6) Bui. 21. — Boasted and boiled cotton seed and cotton-«eed meal were sam* pricaa 

 as in note (a); Bermuda hay, $10; timothy hay, $21.46; and silage t^ per ton. 



1 Buls. 15, 21. 



^ The Cotton Plant: Its History, etc., p. 412. 



