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Beet pulp that has been overheated in drying should be avoid- 

 ed as it is not relished by stock. 



When moistened before feeding it forms an excellent succu- 

 lent feed much relished by dairy stock, and can be used with par- 

 ticular advantage where cows are receiving large quantities of 

 grain.* 



Of hominy meal or feed little need be said except 

 Hominy Meal, that it is one of the most satisfactory carbohy- 

 Pages 26-27. drate feeds. It is kiln-dried, uniformly sweet, of 

 good flavor, and relished by all kinds of farm stock. 

 When hominy meal can be purchased at a price equal to, or less 

 than, corn meal it forms a satisfactory substitute wherever corn 

 meal can be used. 



Hominy meal consists of the softer parts of the corn kernel 

 together with the corn germ separated in the manufacture of hom- 

 iny grits. It is usually derived from white corn although yellow 

 hominy feed is occasionally found. There is no difference in the 

 feeding value. Owing to the fact that some manufacturers are 

 recovering the corn oil from the corn germ, the average fat content 

 of hominy feed is less than formerly. 



All of the samples collected were of good quality and free from 

 adulteration. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 



Feeds of this character form an outlet for enor- 



Stock and mous quantities of inferior oat refuse. Almost 



Horse Feeds without exception they contain oat feed, oat 



Pages 29-32. screenings or clipped oat by-product, none of 



which, in themselves, has a particularly high 



feeding value. The average price asked for these goods was only 



slightly lower than that asked for the better grade of by-products 



that they contain. For this reason they cannot be considered as 



economical for milk production as tiie straight hominy, corn or 



wheat by-products, which are quite commonly used as a component 



of these mixtures. 



*For a fuller discussion of the value of dried beet pulp, see 2.5th Report of this station, 

 pp. 129-140. 



