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II. Starchy (Carbohydrate) Feeds. 



The meals made from the cereal grains, corn, 

 Meals Made from oats, and rye, are valuable sources of digesti- 

 Cereal Grains, ble carbohydrates, corn meal being usually 

 Pages 25-26. the most economical. Rye, being less pal- 

 atable, is less desirable than either oats or 

 corn. Whenever possible, these meals should be derived from 

 home-grown grain, the consumer depending upon the market more 

 for protein concentrates. Where it is found necessary to supple- 

 ment the home-grown ration with feeds rich in digestible matter 

 the cereal meals, especially corn, will prove more economical than 

 so-called stock feeds containing inferior cereal residues. 



Much of the corn meal sold does not contain the entire seed 

 but is rather that part of the kernel that remains from the manufac- 

 ture of table meal and cracked corn. This product is fully 

 equal in feeding value to meal made from the entire seed. It 

 should be sold, however, as corn feed meal, a term used to describe 

 meal of this type. 



No adulteration was noted in any of the cereal meals. The 

 considerable variation noted in the fat and fiber contents of the 

 corn meals was due to the process of manufacture and to the rela- 

 tive proportion of corn bran and germ in the meal. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 

 Corn Meal. 



No. Samples, 

 Protein (per cent), 

 Fat (per cent), 

 Fiber (per cent). 

 Price a ton. 



Provender, as understood locally, is a mixture of 

 Provender straight corn and oats ground together. The samples 



Pages 27-28. reported were found free from adulteration. Pro- 

 vender containing over 6 per cent of fiber should y 



be viewed with suspicion. i 



Beet pulp is the dried residue obtained in the man- 

 Dried Beet ufacture of sugar from sugar beets. During the 

 Pulp. past year it has not only been received from the 



Page 28. beet sugar factories of the west, but also from 

 abroad. The imported beet pulp was sold under 

 the label of the Larrowe Milling Company who control practically 

 all the output of the United States. 



