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The Value of Coconut Meal as a Feed for Dairy Cows

California Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Coconut meal is a by-product in the manufacture of coconut oil from copra, the dried and broken pieces of the meat of coconuts. This oil meal is commonly used as a stock feed in the Pacific States, especially as a dairy and hog feed. It is also fed to some extent to beef cattle and poultry. In the case of poultry and swine, it is mainly used as a component of commercial mixed feeds.

During the past half dozen years, the quantity of coconut meal sold in this section of the country has increased enormously. On account of its present and prospective value, especially to California dairy farmers, feeding experiments were conducted with this oil meal at the University Farm during 1919–1920, with a view to establishing its feeding value in comparison with other standard dairy feeds and its influence on milk production, more especially as regards its effect on the composition (fat content) of the milk.