42 Report oF TILE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY OF THE 
to be noted that the names of manufacturers are not given in 
connection with various samples. As many of the goods were 
not branded by the name of the maker or importer, it was thought 
best, in order to avoid possible error, to consider the samples 
wholly from the standpoint of what inspection has shown them 
to be. 
These samples were submitted to more than the usual chemi- 
cal analysis,— they were carefully examined as to the nature of 
their constituents, special attention being given to the feeds of a 
mixed character and to those coming under the head of proprie- 
tary or condimental foods. 
Moreover, the chemical analysis has been made to include even 
more than usual. In the case of the mixed and chop feeds the 
amount of fiber present is often suggestive as to the origin of 
their constituents and besides it is interesting and useful to know 
to what extent, especially in the corn and oat offals, the starch 
and other equally valuable carbohydrates have been removed. 
COTTON-SEED MEAL. 
This feeding stuff is a by-product of the manufacture of cotton- 
seed oil. The seed of cotton, after the long fibers are removed 
by ginning, consists of a kernel enclosed by a thick hull. 
This hull, after removal, constitutes a low grade feeding 
stuff which is known in the market as cotton-seed hulls. 
The hulled kernels are crushed and after they are cooked the oil 
is removed by pressure, leaving a cake residue, nearly 800 pounds 
from a ton of seed, which after grinding we know as cotton-seed 
meal. The color of this meal should be light yellow and it 
should have a clean nutty flavor. The percentage of protein in 
the best product generally ranges between 42 per ct. and 46 per 
ct. Among the causes of inferiority are the presence of hulls 
and injury due to fermentations, but these conditions are indi- 
cated by the color and flavor. Dark colored cotton-seed meal 
should be regarded with suspicion. 
