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A careful inspection of the figures in tables IV and VIII shows that 

 in many cases there is little relation between the prices charged for 

 feeding stuffs and their composition as determined by chemical anal- 

 ysis. The cost of some feeds is way out of proportion to their nutri- 

 tive value. 



The brands mentioned in this table were chosen merely for pur- 

 poses of comparison of the several classes of materials in relation to 

 their composition and prices. 



In the selection of proper feeding materials the actual analysis is 

 not so important as the proportion of digestible matter. The ingre- 

 dients of which they are composed should also be taken into careful 

 consideration. 



In Table IV may be found the digestible nutrients for many of the 

 concentrates and fodders. Very little data is to be had upon the 

 digestibility of compounded feeds and grain refuses. 



FEEDING STUFFS' DEFINITIONS. 



The following feeding stuffs' definitions are, with the exception of a 

 few changes, essentially those adopted by the Association of Feed 

 Control Officials at Columbus, Ohio, in November, 1911: 



Meal is the clean, sound, ground product of the entire grain, cereal 

 or seed which it purports to represent; provided that the following 

 meals, qualified by their descriptive names, are to be known as, viz. : 



Corn germ meal is chiefly the germ of the corn kernel from which a 

 part of the oil has been extracted. 



Linseed meal is the ground residue after extraction of a large part 

 of the oil from ground flax seed. 



Hominy meal, homimj feed or hominy chop is a mixture of the bran 

 coating, the germ and a part of the starchy portion of the corn kernel. 



Grits are the hard flinty portions of Indian corn without hulls and 

 germ. 



Corn hran is the outer coating of the corn kernel. 



Wheat hran is the coarse outer coatings of the wheat berry. 



Wheat shorts or standard wheat middlings are the fine particles of 

 the outer and inner bran separated from bran and white middlings. 



Wheat mixed feed is a mixture of the products other than the flour 

 from the milling of the wheat berry. 



Red dog is a low grade wheat flour containing the finer particles of 

 bran. 



Oat groats are the kernels of the oat berry with the hulls removed. 



