The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-21
COTTONSEED OR ITS MEAL?
Agricultural Experiment. station at
= iiIRateT Issues E,uIIcrin


Guthrie. o. T., Nov. 20-The Oklahoma
/ Agricultural Experiment station al still
water has issued the following bulletin
| on cotonseed and cottonseed meal:
| There is much difference of opinion
! and consequent discussion among farm
( ors who grow cotton as to the manner Of
I feeding and relative value Of ccttonseed
I and cottonseed meal The tendency al
ways is to utilize for feed the products
/ OF the farm. and this is generally a safe
and desirable practice
'Cottonseed meal is one of the products
resulting from the manufacture Of oil
from eottonseed- Oil. hulls and iinters are
Tie other TrodUcts. Tie short cotton that
sticks to the seed is first removed. then
the hull is separated and the resulting
huiled seed is ground heated and press
ed. After all Of The oil obtained by heavy
pressure is secured. the cakes from the
presses are ground into the product
Known as cottonseed meal 1t is not
cottonseed meal in the same sense that
e 0und corn is corn meal or ground
haffir corn is Kanir meal. The cotton
seed meal produced by the oil mills differs
greatly from ground cottonseed and this
fact should be kept in mind when dis
cussing the uses which may be made OF
this feed. The only difference between
corn and corn meal is that of digesti-
tllity- The chemical composition Of each
If from the same lot Of corn. is the
same. But cottonseed and cottonseed
meal are entirely different in compost
ton Cottonseed contains, in each hun
died pounds, twelve and one-half pounds
o. protein and nearly sixty-nine pounds
Of carbohydrates and fat and has
nuJTitive ratio of 1872. Cottonseed meal
contains in each hundred pounds, thirty
seven pounds of protein and forty-four
pounds OF carbohydrates and fat. and has
a nuUitive ratio of 11.2. The term. nu-
tritive ratio. means the proportion ex-
listing between The protein and the carbo-
hydrate and fat in a feed or ration. For
general purposes. ,he grain ration which
is fed should have a nutritive ratio some
where between one to six and one to
seven.
Thus. neither cottonseed nor cottonseed
neal is suitable TO feed as an eclusive
grain ration bat should be fed mixed
with some grain richer in carbohydrates.
such as corn, Kanir corn or wheat. If
cottonseed is fed, at least an equal
amount OF one of these other feeds should
b. mixed with it. Both of the feeds will
then be utilized to better advantage than
either alone. Cottonseed meal should
never be fed alone except possibly TO
stock cattle that have plenty Of rough
age and are not receiving other grain.
II general, cottonseed meal should be
mixed and fed with about three 10 five
times as much corn, kafir corn or wheat.
Whether to feed cottonseed or cotton
seed meal depends on the market price Of
each and of corn, Kaffir corn. wheat. and
rough feed. These prices vary so greatly
in different localities that no general
statement which viii apply in all cases
can be made. The tendency appears TO
be toward feeding cottonseed without in
curing into the possible advantages of
selling the seed and buying cottonseed
neal Pound for pound, when fed Ia
connection with other grains. cottonseed
meal possesses far greater feeding value
than cottonseed and can be used to sd-
vantage where cottonseeG cannot The
experiment station at Saltwater viii glad
ly calculate raticns and suggest methods
o. feeding for Oklahoma farmers who
VIII write and state the kind Of animals
. be fed and the market prices Of availa-
bic feeds. Sometimes it is more profitable
t. feed cottonseed .lan cottonseed meal. /
bat often. when all o. the facts are known
and understood. the reverse is true"