FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



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tent of 2 samples of corn was also studied. Several of the analj^ses 

 follow: 



Cvvijjusiflon of okra .vcd, huckivlwat, and distUleri/ slop. 



a Diastase method, b Extracted by 1^ per cent sodium liydrate. e Extracted by dilute sodium hydrate. 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll ( Wisconsin Sta. Bpt. 

 1899, pp. 271-'27If). — The author reports the composition of the fol- 

 lowing" feedino- stufi's: Blood-molasses feed (sample manufactured in 

 Denmark), flour middlings, bibra cake (from the Hawaiian Islands), 

 condimental food, broom-corn millet seed, yellow corn germ, white 

 corn germ, wild rice, Zlzania aquattcd^ parched and sun dried. A 

 number of these are quoted in the following table: 



Composition of (t> number of feeding stuffs. 



Moisture 



Ether 

 extract. 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Crude 

 fiber. 



Blood-molasscs feed 



Bibra cake 



Broom-corn millet seed {Paniciim milia- 



crum ) 



Wild rice, parched 



Wild rice, sun dried 



Per cent. 

 5.72 

 5.31 



11.30 

 9.54 

 9.99 



Per cent. 



20.74 



a 20. 25 



&9.44 

 13.00 

 13.65 



Per cent. 

 3.22 



4.82 



3.81 

 .86 



Per cent. Per cent. 



65.27 



50. 41 10. 61 



61.14 

 74.04 

 72.68 



10.70 

 1.12 

 1.22 



rrii.t. 

 5. 05 

 8.60 



3.55 

 1.44 

 1.58 



a Containing 0.14 per cent amid nitrogen, b Containing 0.8 per cent amid nitrogen. 



"[The blood molasses] shows a medium content of protein. A good share of this 

 component is moat likely in the form of amids and lower nitrogenous compounds, 

 wliich possesses an inferior feeding value as compared with protein substances 

 proper. The feed is, however, made up of foods of high nutritive value. . . . 



" Bibra cake is one of the cattle foods used in the Hawaiian Islands. Its price is 

 given as $40 per ton. A comparison with our standard protein foods will show tliat 

 it is much lower in protein than these and its crude liber content is rather high, 

 making it a less valuable feed than, for example, any of our oil meals. . . . 



"The 2 samples of wild rice were obtained from Lac Courte Oreille Indian Reser- 

 vation in Wisconsin. . . . Wild rice grows to a large extent in lakes and streams in 

 the northern part of our State, and is used extensively by the Indians as a cereal 

 crop. We notice that it ranks higher than any of our leading cereals in chemical 

 composition, its contents of protein and nitrogen-free extract (mainly starch) being 

 greater than those found in any of these. So far as can l)e judged from chemical 

 analysis alone, wild rice has, therefore, a high food value." 



Winter v. spring bran, W. Frear and W. A. Hutchison (Pennsyl- 

 v<(nia Sta. Bid. 1^.8^ pp. 8). — Analyses are reported of 10 samples of bran 

 from winter wheat and a like number of samples from spring- wheat. 



