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when the oil is expressed. It is also well known t hroughoul I lie Soul li 
that decomposed cotton Beed lias little, if any, dangerous character, 
and it has been pretty clearly established by the studies of Curtiss 
and by the experience of practical feeders that the meal La BO changed 
by tin 1 processes of digestion that hogs following steers which arc 
being fed a heavy cotton-seed meal ration are not, injured by the 
droppings. 
Feed'uuj value. — Disregarding, for the moment, the fatal effects of 
this product, let us consider its feeding value. The results from 
feeding either the whole grain or the meal have not been uniform, 
and have given rise to three opinions regarding its value as a pig 
feed — (1) that it is both worthless and dangerous; (2) that it is only 
fairly valuable and hardty worth the risk of feeding, and (3) that it 
is extremely valuable if means can be devised to feed it without fatal 
results. 
The Kentucky Experiment Station b fed a ration of 1 part cotton- 
seed meal, 1 part wheat bran, and 2 parts corn-and-cob meal for 
twenty-eight days, when ship stun replaced the cotton-seed meal, 
because the pigs refused it, whether fed wet or dry. No fatalities 
were reported, but the gains were unsatisfactory and the station came 
to the conclusion that, in Kentucky, "cotton-seed meal could not be 
fed profitably to hogs, whether for growth or fat." 
Curtis c expresses himself in a similar tone, that, "After two years 
successive tests in feeding cotton seed and cotton-seed meal to hogs 
with a definite aim in view, and after practical attempts to use these 
products in a similar manner for the past ten years, we do not hesi- 
tate to express our candid opinion that there is no profit whatever in 
feeding cotton seed in any form or cotton-seed meal to hogs of any 
a g e . * * * that it is practically impossible to prepare cotton seed 
or cotton-seed meal in any manner so that hogs will eat it greedily." 
Lloyd's d opinion, from his experience at the Mississippi Station, is 
somewhat similar. He had losses from raw cotton-seed meal, but 
none from those getting cooked seed, although these pigs became 
very sick and refused to eat. His gains were "neither satisfactory 
nor profitable." With one bunch of pigs the average daily gain was 
about 1 pound for the first two weeks, after which the gains were 
small, although the pigs did not lose their appetite and continued to 
eat with relish. The after effects of feeding in this case were detri- 
mental, as the pigs never got into good condition. 
At the North Carolina Station, Emery 6 fed an 88-pound pig for 
sixty-one consecutive days on a cotton-seed meal ration, the amount 
of cotton-seed meal varying from one-fourth pound daily at the 
beginning to 2 pounds daily at the close. Skim milk was fed during 
a Bui. No. 28, Iowa Expt. Sta. <* Bui. No. 60. 
8 Bui. No. 19. e Bui. No. 109. 
cBul. No. 21, Texas Expt. Sta. 
