56 Report of the Depaktment of Animal Husbandry of the 

 Analyses of Oats, Oat Hulls and Oat Kernels. 



Nitrogen- 

 Ash. Protein. Fiber. free Fat. 



extract. 



Whole grain, 30 samples 3.4 



Hulls, 3 samples 7.3 



Hulled kernels, 179 samples 2.3 



Tlie lesson to be drawn from these figures is clear, whicli is 

 that oat hulls are the inferior portion of the grain. They have 

 but little protein and a large proportion of woody fiber, nearly as 

 much as oat straw. The kernels are the easily digestible and 

 nutritious portion of the oat grains and are surrounded by the 

 tough, woody hulls, which in whatever light we regard them can 

 hjardly have a greater value for feeding purposes than straws. 

 Below can be seen the prices and composition of a considerable 

 mmiber of these mixed feeds, not all of which, however, contain 

 oat offals. 



Samples of Vakious Oat Feeds and Mixed Feeds, Proprietary and Other- 

 wise, Collected in New York During 1898 and 1899. 



Station 

 number. 



Sample: Where 

 collected. 



Selling 

 price. 



425 . . Smithboro 



649.. Binghamton $20 00 



433 . . Smithboro 



^79 . . Kingston 20 00 



466 . . Buffalo 16 00 



467 



540.. Buffalo 15 00 



419 . . Union Springs 



473.. Geneva 15 00 



507 . . Pulaski 15 00 



681.. New Paltz 16 00 



503. . Oswego 15 00 



654 . . Sidney 20 00 



668 . . Delhi 16 00 



4.32 . . Victor 



544 . . Middletown 



444. . Corning 16 00 



447 . . Corning 15 00 



Station 

 number. 



Sample: Where 

 coU^ cted. 



Selling 

 price. 



472. . Geneva $20 00 



480.. Geneva 15 00 



482 . . Auburn 19 00 



492 . . Syracuse 16 00 



497 . . Fulton 25 00 



548 . . Syracuse 15 00 



677 . . Kingston 17 50 



695 . . Oneonta 18 00 



697 . . Oneonta 18 00 



703.. Owego 19 00 



704 



542 . . Middletown 



648 . . Binghamton 20 00 



554 . . Florida 12 00 



657 . . Sidney Center 19 00 



420 . . Union Springs 



650. . Binghamton 16 00 



