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Show P if COTTONSEED MEAL FOR LIVE STOCK Especially Valuable Protein Feed for Dairy Cows. (Prepared bv the United States Department of Aurkulture.) U NU Service. Cattlemen and otlier live stuck owners own-ers who need a feed nigh in protein to supplement home-grown roughages will tind cottonseed meal or cake satisfactory, sat-isfactory, according to information given giv-en in Farmers' Bulletin 1170-F, Feed in Cottonseed Products to Live Stock This bulletin has just been issued in revised form hy the United Stales Department of Agriculture, Washington. Washing-ton. D. C. Cotonseed meal stimulates the appetite of fattening animals and causes them to consume more feed ami likewise to make greater gains. Cottonseed meal is a valuable protein pro-tein feed for dairy cows, as the bulletin bul-letin shows, one pound of good-quality cottonseed meal furnishes as much digestible protein as three pounds of wheat bran. The addition of cottonseed cotton-seed meal to rations for high-produc-dairy cows, however, renders the rations ra-tions satisfactory only so far as the protein requirement is concerned. Beef cattle on pasture may be' fed cottonseed cake or meal as a fattening fatten-ing ration with satisfactory results. Hogs may also be fed cottonseed meal in limited quantities as a protein sup plement. Horses, however, should receive re-ceive only cottonseed meal of good quality and ir limited quantities, not ' more than one pound daily for a horse weighing 1.000 pounds if digestive disturbances dis-turbances art to be avoided. The bulletin shows how to compare various grades of cottonseed meal or cake and how to select the feed which supplies a pound of protein at the least cost. A number of suggested rations which include cottonseed products prod-ucts are listed and the results of several sev-eral experiments show the value of supplemental feeding of animals on pasture. Copies of Farmers' Bulletin 1170-F may be obtained-on application to the Office of Information, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. |