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amount of mineral matter, and are worthless as a feed. The hulls 

 are found to some extent in rice meal and bran, and when present 

 in any considerable amount are considered as an adulterant. For 

 analyses, see adulterants. 



Rice Bran. — Kice bran is the thin coating of the grain lying 

 next to the hull. 



Average analysis: Protein, 12.10 per cent; fat, 8.80 per cent; 

 fiber, 9.50 per cent; nitrogen-free extract, 49.90 per cent; water, 

 9.70 per cent; ash, 10.00 per cent.f 



Rice Polish. — After the hulls and bran have been removed the 

 rice grains are polished before being put on the market. This process 

 removes the thin coating lying next to the rice grain. It is sold for 

 feed under the name of rice polish. 



Average analysis: Protein, 11.70 per cent; fat, 7.30 per cent; 

 fiber, 6.30 per cent; nitrogen-free extract, 58.00 per cent; water, 

 10.00 per cent; ash, 6.70 per cent.f 



Rice Meal. — Bice meal usually consists of a mixture of rice bran 

 and polish, frequently with the addition of varying amounts of 

 hulls. 



Average analysis: Protein, 11.25 per cent; fat, 9.93 per cent; 

 fiber, 10.29 per cent; nitrogen-free extract, 49.55 per cent; water, 

 8.83 per cent; ash, 10.15 per cent.f 



DRIED BEET PULP. 



Dried Beet Pulp is the by-product from the manufacture of sugar 

 from sugar beets. After the sugar has been extracted from the 

 ground beets the pulp remaining is dried and put on the market 

 as a feed. 



Average analysis: Protein, 9.50 per cent; fat, 1.03 per cent; 

 fiber, 17.43 per cent; nitrogen-free extract, 59.52 per cent; water, 

 8.95 per cent; ash, 3.57 per cent. 



MOLASSES FEEDS. 



Molasses feeds consist principally of mill by-products mixed with 

 molasses. These feeds vary a great deal in the ingredients of which 

 they are composed, many of them being composed of nutritious in- 

 gredients and of good quality, while others contain only low-grade 

 materials the identity of which is covered up by molasses. The in- 

 gredients found in the feeds examined are as follows : Mill screenings 

 (frequently containing considerable amount of weed seed), wheat 

 middlings, malt sprouts, corn meal, oat hulls, cotton-seed meal, dried 

 brewers' grains, barley, barley hulls, cracked corn, dried distillers' 

 grains, rice hulls, and a few have a small amount of salt added to 

 them. 



