Coconut Meal, Gluten Feed, Peanut Meal and Soybean Meal as Protein Supplements for Dairy Cows

Summary The following deductions from the trial of protein supplements reported here are probably justified: 1. Old process Linseed oil meal, peanut meal, soybean meal and gluten feed are probably of about equal value as protein supplements in the ration of the dairy cow. 2. Coconut meal may have a higher value, as a protein supplement, than the feeds mentioned, even though it has a lower content of total protein. The few pieces of work done on this problem are contradictory in character however. 3. In palatability the feeds studied rank as follows: linseed oil meal, soybean meal, gluten feed, peanut meal and coconut meal.