51 



Most feeds of this character contain from 400 



Stock and to 600 pounds of oat feed or other low-grade 



Horse Feeds. products and sell for about the same price as 



Pages 28-31. the better-grade products with which the low 



grade material is mixed. The average retail 

 ton price asked for the samples collected was $33.48, while the 

 average price for hominy feed was $33.19. While such feeds can- 

 not usually be considered as satisfactory a source of carbohydrate 

 in the dairy ration as wheat by-products, corn or hominy meal, 

 they do approximate the chemical composition of oats and 

 will often be found economical as a substitute for oats or proven- 

 der in the feeding of horses. 



Alfalfa mixed with oats, corn or cereal 

 Molasses Feeds by-products frequently forms the basis 



(Less than 15 per cent of these mixtures. Oat refuse and screen- 

 Protein.) Pages 31-33. ings are less often used than in the mo- 

 lasses feeds containing over 15 per cent 

 of protein. They are extensively sold as horse feeds. 



Molassine Meal and Xtravim Feed are both mixtures of mo- 

 lasses and sphagnum moss, the principal difference being that 

 Molassine Meal contains some beet molasses while the Xtravim 

 Feed contains cane molasses only. A discussion of the feeding 

 value of Molassine Meal will be found in Bulletin 158. 



III. Poultry Feeds. 



Owing to the fact that it has been thoroughly demon- 

 Animal strated that fowls do best when a portion of their 

 Products, ration consists of food derived from animal sources. 

 Pages 35-36. the poultryman must usually look to some of the 

 animal products found on the market for a part of 

 the poultry ration. Meat scraps, meat and bone meal, milk by- 

 products and more recently fish meal are available. As a general 

 rule those products that will furnish the most protein at the small- 

 est cost are the most desirable. Mineral matter can be purchased 

 cheapest in the form of bone or oyster shells. A wide range in 

 protein content is to be noted in the samples collected. Prefer- 

 ence should always be given to products free from taint and dis- 

 agreeable odor. 



Fish Meals, a number of samples of which were collected, 

 appear to be growing in popularity as a poultry feed. They are 

 to be commended if free from salt. 



Milk Albumen, so-called, is a milk by-product evidently con- 

 taining a considerable amount of added inorganic matter. 



