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pounds of rice polish was equal to 100 pounds of com 

 meal, a saving of 21.4 per cent of the grain by the sub- 

 stitution of polish for com meal. 



The differences in comiposition are not such as tO' ex- 

 plain the superiority of the polish, but this may pos- 

 sibly have been partly due to tlie fact that the rice meal, 

 a flour-like powder, was in a finer state of division than 

 the corn meal. 



Composition of rice polish, rice meal and corn meal. 

 Figures from Henrifs Feeds and Fe'eding. 



Nitrogenous Starch. Fat, 



Matter. etc. Fiber. etc. 



Rice polisli 11.7 58.0 6.3 7.3 



Rice meal 12.0 51.0 5.4 13.1 



Rice bran 12.1 49.9 9.5 8.8 



Corn meal 9.2 68.7 1.9 3.8 



We have had some difiiculty in obtaining rice polish 

 from st-ates east of us, it being more profitable for the 

 mills t» mix it with other less valuable by-products and 

 to sell the mixture of polish, rice, bran, etc., under the 

 name of rice meal. Kice meal is of variable quality, 

 according to the amounts of each by-product mixed in. 

 Hence the figures quoted above need not be regarded as 

 showing the composition of an average grade of rice 

 meal. 



As stated in a previous page we employed in one ex- 

 periment rice bran mixed with an equal weight of sev- 

 eral other foods. We found the rice bran mixtures un- 

 palatable and the growth of pigs fed on it slow. At the 

 South Carolina station rice meal, in connection with 

 large amounts of skim milk, in a brief feeding period 

 produced pork at less cost than when com meal and 

 skim milk were fed. 



In November, 1902, rice meal was quoted to us by 

 Planter's Rice Mills, Savannah, Ga., at |17.90 delivered 

 at Auburn, Ala., in less than carload lots. Rice polish 

 bought from the samie firm two vears ago cost about 

 |26 per ton delivered at this station. It is of interest to 

 note that a part of this rice polish kept in good con- 

 dition for more than a year. 



According to our experiments rice polish could with 

 great profit be substituted for com meal selling at the 

 same price. 



