264 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The table shows the yield of milk and butter fat gradually 

 decreased throughout the test except with cows Nos. 4 and 5, 

 which show a slight decrease during Period III. The per cent 

 of butter fat was practically the same throughout the test. T here 

 was also a decrease in live weight as the test progressed, except 

 in case of cows Nos. 3, 4 and 5, which showed a slight increase 

 during Period III. 



The results of the experiment are brought out more forcibly 

 in the following table : 



TABLE VI.— Total Yield of Milk and Butterfat and Total Live Weight. 



Milk— Butter-fat Butter-fat Total Live 



Period Pounds —Per —Pounds Weight — 



Cent Pounds 



I. Cottonseed meal 2,465.0 4.40 108.46 4,355 



II. Linseed meal 2,294.1 4.38 100.48 4,215 



III. Cottonseed meal 2,197.3 4.40 96.68 4,191 



Average I and III 2,331.1 4.40 102.72 4,273 



The table shows that the cottonseed meal gave slightly 

 greater returns than the linseed meal. The difference, however, 

 is so slight that it would seem unwise not to feed a small quantity 

 of the linseed meal in place of cottonseed meal where there is the 

 slightest need of the tonic effect which linseed meal is capable of 

 producing. The cost of a ton of linseed meal averages about 15 

 to 20 per cent higher than cottonseed meal. 



Linseed Meal As a Tonic Food. 



The great tonic value of linseed meal is evidenced by the 

 fact that most of the so-called patent foods and condition, pow- 

 ders are largely made up of linseed meal. It is a laxative feed 

 and for this reason large quantities of it should never be fed as 

 a daily ration. It is especially suited to young stock, being rich 

 in growing material, such as protein and ash. Indeed there is 

 no class of farm animals to which some linseed meal cannot be 

 fed to advantage, especially when the animals are deprived for 



