16S EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



7-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1908 



feed, consisting largely of the hulls, hairs, dust from cleaniug the grain, &c. The 

 present analysis gives results very similar to those previously obtained on the same 

 product from other mills, and I judge therefrom that the profitable use of such feeds 

 is a matter open to much question. Of course, what may be a high price in one part 

 of Canada may be a low one in another part ; freight rates, the quantities bought, &c., 

 must all be considered. The only way for the farmer to intelligently arrive at a decis- 

 ion is to compare prices, having a knowledge of the nutritive value of the feeds and 

 of his special requirements. If there is an abundant supply on the farm of low- 

 protein, coarse fodders, there could be no economy, no object, in purchasing oat dust 

 at any price. The Oat Feed (No. 3) is a decidedly more valuable product. Though 

 containing a large proportion of hull, it also possesses a fair amount of fine meal 

 and broken grain. In composition it is seen to be very similar to No. 1. 



No. 4. Feed Oatmeal, — Manufactured by the Tilsonburg Mills, Ont. Stated to cost 

 in car lots in New Brunswick about $37 per ton. Advocated for poultry use and 

 stated to be practically free from hull and foreign matter. The percentages of pro- 

 tein and fat are such as to give the product a high feeding value; the low fibre con- 

 tent is also in its favour, especially for poultry feeding. The large percentage of fat 

 would, however, call for its limited use in the case of lasdng stock. 



No. 5. Oat Feed. — Manufactured by the Ogilvie Milling Co. Consists largely of 

 oat hulls and contains very little fine meal. An extremely poor feed, being very low 

 in protein and exceedingly high in fibre. 



CX)RN PRODUCTS. 



No. 6. Com Bran. — From the distillery of Wiser & Son, Prescott, Ont. It consists 

 entirely of the husk or skin of the corn grain and is of very low feeding value. Among 

 those analysed during the past year, it stands lowest in protein. Though a ' clean ' 

 feed — that is free from foreign matter — its nutritive qualities are such that it must 

 be bought cheaply if it is to be used profitably. This would preclude freighting for 

 any distance. Our correspondent quotes it at $13 per ton — a price much above its 

 real worth.* 



No. 7 & 8. Gluten Feed. — Manufactured by the Brantford Starch Works, Brant- 

 ford, Ont. Attention must be drawn to the composition of this product, for the reason 

 that there are ' gluten feeds ' upon the market containing practically twice the amount 

 of protein possessed by this brand. Good quality gluten feed, it has been shown, will 

 contain in the neighbourhood of 22 per cent protein. It is much to be regretted that 

 feeds of such great differences in value should be offered for sale under the same name 

 — and especially in such a case as this, where the name implies similar origin.. 



No. 9. Glucose Feed. — Edwardsburg Starch Co. A pasty substance of which there 

 is a small quantity formed in the manufacture of glucose. It is sold in barrels, 

 locally, and has been used both in pig and cattle feeding. In spite of its high water- 

 content, the analysis gives it a very fair feeding value — being especially rich in oil. 

 It is doubtful, however, if it could be extensively used as it is to a certain degree 

 unpalatable. A correspondent writes that he has fed it, ' after mixing into a very 

 thin slop with other feeds, to pigs, and got good results, but animals don*t take to it at 

 first and won't take much of it anytime.' 



RICE MEAL. 



No. 10. Eice Meal. — From the Brackman-Kerr Milling Co. This feeding stuff, 

 iTsed more particularly for milch cows in British Columbia, is somewhat variable in 

 composition. The present sample is of excellent quality. Certain ' rice feeds ' have come 



* A distinction must be made between corn bran from the distillery and corn bran from the 

 Btarch -worlds. We have invariably found the latter th< better feed, containing between "J 

 and 10 per cent protein. 



