The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1891-03-06
COTTON SEED NEAL FOR cows.

| FIDfI experiments IiIdQc IdSb
year at the Texas experiment sta4
tion in feeding cotton seed and cot
ton seed meal to milch cows, the
following conclusions were arrived
at:
A number of cows were fed al
ternately on ratiOns containing cot 4
ton seed meal, and those containg
no cotton seed meal, and samples
of buffers produced were sent to
four "well known butter experts
to be graded on the following
scale of one hundred points ::
Flavor, As grain or texture, 30,
and firmness OF body 25 points.
All of the buffers were from mix
ed milk OF from four 10 SIX cows ;
and each sample representing a
a given food or mixture had been
churned and worked by itself.
The average results of The grad
ings Of each sample are stated in a
tabular form. The inference is
that "favor seems to suffer little,
and the total grade per cent. ia
thus reduced somewhat, but be-
yound this, in the opinion OF the
gentlemen acting as judges, there
was little If any observable differ
ence in quality due to the feeding
of cotton seed meal.
''To many who are not familiar
with the peculiar effect of cotton
seed it may seem that texture (of
the butter) is dependent on man
ipulaiion solely, and not on food !;
but it is we'll known among han.
dlers OF cotton seed butter that lis
effect on texture is quite similar 10
the effect of over-worklng."
Cotton seed VS.. cotton seed meal.
With daily rations consisting of
eleven pounds of oats together
with either four pounds OF cotton
seed meal or eleven pounds of cot
ton seed, raw or cooked, the eff.
fects seemed TO be practically iden4
teal. The grading of the butter
produced on these rations was,
however, about ten points below
that produced where no cotton
seed or cotton seed meal was fed.
Cotton seed alone-Where 10
other food than cotton seed raw or
cooked was fed, the quality OF the
butter produced seemed 10 be con.
siderably affected, being graded by
the judges about fifteen points
lower than that produced in The
trials where other foods were fed.
From the tables relating TO the
quality of butter it will be seen
that the feeding of cotton seed
meal beyond a certain limit in
jures more or less the quality of
butter produced in direct ratio
with the quantity fed," The limit
with cows on good grass pastures
or heavily soiled with green fod-
ders is stated to be about one part
by weight of cotton seed meal 10
either three parts of bran, or two
)t bran and ono of oats; or equal
parts OF cotton seed meal, corn
neal and wheat bran. "Where
cotton seed is used instead of cot
on seed meal, it is recommended
% substitute about three times the
weight of cotton seed in place of
,otton seed meal, other proper
ions remaining the same" Pre-
;ious experience at the station in
licates that the effect of these cot
on seed feeds on the butter is
more noticeable when they are fed
With dried foGders in winter than
yhen fed in larger quantities, with
bundant grass. in the spring.
Effect on color of butter-"Cot-
on seed or cotton seed meal has
|uite a noticeable effect on the
olor of butter, rendering the same
'ery much lighter" The effect,
wing TO the difference in coarse
odders fed, is stated to be more
marked in winter than in summer.
In seven trials sweet cream.
thoroughly mixed, was divided
nto two equal weight parts and
me half churned Immediately,
While the other was allowed to be-
ONE slightly acid before churn-
ng. In each trial nearly like
mounts of butter were obtained
rom the two portions. The sam
lies were graded as above de-
cribed. The results, which are
lated i'm a table, show scarcely a.
otable difference, if any, being in
avor of the sweet cream butter,