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mixed with the meal. The so-called rice bran, 

 like oat bran, is not rightly named, for it consists 

 chiefly of ground husks and some damaged rice. 

 Maize also gives a bran and a feeding meal; the 

 former is sold under the name of Homco or hominy 

 feeding meal. 



In the preparation of leguminous seeds for 

 human consumption, various by-products are ob- 

 tained, according to whether the seed coats are 

 retained or not. As a rule these products are very 

 digestible, and they are sold under various names. 



Bran and feeding meals belong to that class of 

 substances which, when fed in quantity for a length 

 of time, have a weakening effect on the digestive 

 organs. They are more suitable for fattening pur- 

 poses than as food for working animals. On account 

 of the loosening effect of wheat bran, it is used for 

 milch cows, but it tends, as do rice meal and 

 millet meal, to cause the butter to be soft. Rye 

 bran causes the butter to have a coarse, dry flavour, 

 whilst the leguminous seeds and their by-products 

 tend to make the butter hard. For horses bran 

 and feeding meal are only suitable as a supplemen- 

 tary food. In the fattening of swine, feeding meals 

 are largely used, but in some cases the bran from 

 rye, buckwheat, peas, and in a less measure wheat, 

 is also fed. 



Rice meal, otherwise very suitable for feeding 

 pigs, tends to give a soft bacon, as do also the waste 



