USES OF MAIZE 



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When the pith is removed for the manufacture of explosives 

 or packing for ^var vessels, the remainder, which may or may 

 not include also the husks and blades, is ground into a coarse 

 meal and is sold as "the new corn product." The Mar}- land 

 Station ^ found it more digestible than timothy hay, for which it 

 was successfully used as a substitute in feeding horses. 



The following table gives analyses of by-products of maize 

 used as food for domestic animals : 



1 Md. Bui. 51 (i8g;), p. 31. 



2 XXXX alcohol grains (mostly maize). Vt Rpt. 1903. 



