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Bone,'' 41 bushels of ground Kafir corn were fed during- a year to a 

 pair of work horses in addition to otlier grain and coarse fodder. 

 From this test and others made with different farm animals the con- 

 clusion was drawn that Kafir corn is a healthful, palatable, and nutri- 

 tious feed with a feeding value somewhat less than that of corn. This 

 grain is very flinty, and to secure the best results should be ground. 

 According to information recently received from the station, Kafir 

 corn is highly esteemed locally as a feed for horses, many being kept 

 throughout the year on this grain and prairie hay. The unthrashed 

 heads are commonly fed, a head of Kafir corn being regarded as 

 equivalent to an ear of corn. 



At the Mississippi Station* chicken corn, a variet}^ of Kafir corn, 

 was compared with corn meal as a feed for mules doing heavy work, 

 mixed hay being fed in addition to the gi'ain ration. The mules fed 

 the chicken corn lost in weight a little more than those fed corn meal. 

 According to those making the test "the feeding value of the chicken 

 corn is about as high as that of the corn." 



LEGUMINOUS SEEDS. 



Beans and other leguminous seed resemble the cereal grains in hav- 

 ing a low water content. In Europe horse beans are common feeding 

 stuff for horses. Lavalard says: ^ 



The experiments made many years' ago for the Paris cab companies warrant the 

 statement that when beans replace oats, only half the quantity should be used. 

 Tests made with army horses have confirmed this conclusion. The chemical compo- 

 sition of beans shows why they are regarded as more nutritious than oats alone. 

 Beans may be advantageously fed to horses required to perform long continued, sud- 

 den, or severe labor. The opinion is jirevalent in P^ngland that in hunting it is always 

 possible to recognize horses fed with beans by their great endurance. In accord with 

 the practice of the leading racing stables, we used a large proportion of beans in the 

 ration of young horses which were being trained. The results obtained were most 

 satisfactory. 



OIL CAKES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL BY-PRODUCTS. 



The various cakes, gluten materials, and similar feeding stuffs are, 

 generall}^ speaking, commercial by-products. Thus, cotton-seed cake 

 is the material left after the oil has been expressed from the cotton 

 seed. In the same way, linseed cake is the residue obtained in the 

 manufacture of linseed oil. If this cake is ground it becomes linseed 

 meal. In the manufacture of beer the malted grain is known as brew- 

 ers' grain and is best fed after drying. When starch is manufactured 

 from corn, the nitrogenous portion of the grain is I'ojected and consti- 

 tutes gluten feed and gluten meal. The cereal breakfast food com- 

 panies have placed man}' feeding stuffs upon the market made up of 



« Oklahoma Station Rpt. 1899, p. 31. ^Loc. cit. 



^Mississippi Station Bui. 8. 



