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THE BOOK OF CORN 



bining corn with some feed that will increase the pro- 

 portion of protein, a more efficient ration will be the 

 result ; more rapid gains will be made by the animals 

 to which it is fed; more rapid and healthful growth 

 will be made on young animals ; a larger flow of milk 

 will be obtained from the dairy cow, and the steer will 

 carry a smoother finish and a finer coat to market ; and, 

 under ordinary circumstances, or if the material for 

 balancing the corn be selected judiciously and with a 

 due regard to the cost as compared with the increased 

 efficiency obtained, an increased profit will be returned. 



PARTIAL LIST OF FOODS RICH IN PROTEIN 



Corn (for comparison) ....... 



Corn stover (for comparison) 



Cottonseed meal 



Linseed meal— old process... 

 Linseed meal — new process.. 



Glucose meal 



Grano gluten 



Gluten meal 



Sugar meal 



Wheat middlings 



Wheat bran 



Dirk feeding flour 



Buckwheat middlings 



Oat feed or short s 



Malt sprouts— dried 



Brewers' grain — dried 



Sov bean grain 



Horse b^an 



Cnwpea grain 



Fifld peas — grain 



Alf^l'a hay 



Cowpea hay 



Crimson clover hay 



Rpd clover hay 



Skimmilk 



Buttermilk 



Percentage digestible nutrients 



Protein 



7.9 

 1 7 

 37.2 

 29.3 

 28 2 

 30.3 

 26 7 

 25.8 

 18.7 

 12.8 

 12 2 

 13.5 

 22.0 

 12.5 

 18.6 

 15.7 

 29.6 

 22.4 

 18.3 

 16.8 

 11.0 

 10.8 

 10.5 

 6.8 

 3.0 

 3.9 



Carbohy- 

 drates 



66.7 

 32.4 

 16.9 

 32.7 

 40 1 

 35.3 

 38.8 

 43.3 

 51.7 

 53.0 

 39.2 

 61.3 

 33 4 

 46.9 

 371 

 36.3 

 22.3 

 49.3 

 54.2 

 51.8 

 39 6 

 38.6 

 34.9 

 35.8 

 4.9 

 4.0 



Fat 



4.3 



.7 



12.2 



7.0 



2.8 



14 5 



12.4 



110 



8.7 



3.4 



2.7 



2.0 



5.4 



2.8 



I 7 



5.1 



14.4 



1.2 



1.1 



-7 



12 



11 



1.2 



1.7 



.5 



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FOODSTUFFS FOR BALANCING CORN 



All stock feeds may be divided into two general 

 classes — one in which the fat-producing and heat- 



