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was found to be considerably superior to oats. 

 Oats, however, were equal to barley. Steers did 

 not as easily become tired of oats in the ration as is 

 the case with wheat. Many feeders use oats in the 

 sheaf in feeding steers and in some cases their 

 value has proved to be about equal to that of wild 

 rye grass for this purpose. In Texas a test of oats 

 for fattening steers showed that they possessed 

 about the same value as grain chops. 



Peas are quite generally used in England, Canada 

 and the United States in a whole or ground con- 

 dition, preferably the latter. In Canada it has 

 been found that pea meal causes more rapid gains 

 than corn, but on account of its expense is not so 

 economic. Peas and oats together are found in a 

 large percentage of the mixed grain rations fed to 

 steers in Canada. 



Rice Products. The recent development of the 

 rice industry in Texas has led to experiments for 

 the purpose of testing the value of rice products in 

 feeding stock. It has been found that the use of 

 rice hulls in large quantities is attended with some 

 danger. The hulls contain sharp pointed fibers 

 which may produce irritation of the mouth and 

 stomach. Such trouble occurs, however, only 

 when rice hulls are fed in large quantities. They 

 have a feeding value practically the same as wheat 

 straw. Rice polish is slightly superior to corn in 

 feeding value and resembles wheat or oats in this 

 respect. In addition to these two forms of rice 

 products, rice bran is used in three qualities, pure, 

 mixed with rice hulls and mixed with rice polish 

 and hulls. The mixture of rice bran, polish and 

 hulls in the proportion in which they come from 

 the whole grain has a considerably higher feeding 

 value than the rice bran. 



