The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-03-02
About "Cottonseed Feed.

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Within the past year new feedin
stuff called "cottonseed feed'' has bee,
quite extensively advertised. This fee,
purports to be a mixture Of one part cot
tonseed meal and five parts Of cottol
hulls by weight and is sold in carlots
ell.5 90 per ton in bulk 1t is speciall
recommended for fattening purposes
but is also claimed to give good result,
IN the production Of milk and butter.
Ina bulletin the Pennsylvania expert
ment station gives the details of some
experiments carried out to test the val.
ue OF this feed. The feed has been ex.
amlned as to its chemical composition.
ITS digestibility and it's actual feeding
vaine for dairy COWS. The results Of
these experiments were, in brief, as fol.
lows:
The chemical composition was found
on the whole. to correspond very we'll to
the composition claimed for the feed.
Its digestibility was comparatively low,
the total amount Of digestible food pres.
ent in the feed being somewhat less
than In clover or timothy hay and some.
what greater than that found in good
corn fodder, although the proportion of
protein is considerably higher than that
IN either corn fodder or timothy At
tne price named pound Of digestible
food IN the cottonseed feed was found
to cost about 81 per cent more than in
timothy or clover hay and 30 per cent
more than in corn.
Two experiments were made with
dairy COWS to test its value as a feed for
milk and butter. In the first experiment
ration OF cottonseed feed and bran pro.
duced l8 per cent less milk and 10 per
cent less butter than one of corn fodder.
mixed hay. cornmeal and cottonseed
meal containing the same amount Of
dry matter The estimated net profit per
COW per day was II per cent less on the
cottonseed feed ration than ON the hay
and fodder ration. In the second experi.
ment q ration of cottonseed feed. bran
end Buffalo gluten meal produced l5
per cent less milk and per cent less
butter than ration Of clover hay, corn.
meal, bran and Buffalo gluten meal.
containing IA pounds more grain and
three -fourths of pound more coarse |
FODDER The net profit per day and head
~ this case was per cent less on tho
clover hay ration than on the cotton.
seed feed ration, but it is probable that
the COWS OH the Glover hay ration were
somewhat overfed.
The general conclusion drawn from
these investigations IL that cottonseed
iced Is too expensive in proportion to
the amount of food which it contains to
successfully compete ON equal terms
with ordinary dairy feeds at average
prices.
Clydesdsie Association Prizes Awarded.
The American Clydesdale association
has instituted q fashion that may we'll
% initiated. It last year offered three
prizes Of 900. $50 and SEQ for the first,
second and third best essays ON the
Clydesdale horse The essays were OF
unusual merit John A. Craig Of Mad
lson, Wis, won first pyixe; Nra, viii
lockwood Of Flint Mich. second. and
" w. Hunter Of BnAala Pa. third.
The essays will be published In Tie next
volpme Of the American Clydesdale L
ltpdbook.
Making baby beef has not yet become
popular. Most steers sent to market are
J yeass old and over. Bnt the making az
aAby bee6 rightly managed. would n.
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