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component part of a ration containing other more palatable feed- 

 ing stuffs. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 



1913 1914 1915 1916 



^No. Samples 41 36 22 27 



Protein (per cent) 25.71 24.94 26.50 26.37 



Fat (per cent) 3.24 2.86 2.73 2.94 



Fiber (per cent) 6.67 6.68 6.25 6.68 



Price a ton $31.96 $33.11 $33.71 S32.8I 



Owing to the increased demand and greater 

 Distillers' Dried production of industrial alcohol, this resulting 



Grains. by-product has 'been more freely offered during 



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Flakes, Eagle 3/), and the Fourex brands were of excellent quality. 

 The other brands reported, while they did not contain as high a 

 percentage of protein, could be considered very satisfactory feed- 

 ing stuffs. Continental Gluten Feed (so-called) did not consist- 

 ;ently maintain its protein, guarantee and in every instance fell 

 below^ its guarantee in fat. The manufacturers of this product 

 insist on calling it gluten feed claiming that they have a prior 

 right to the use of the term.. Even though this contention be 

 granted, the term gluten feed as used in this connection is con- 

 fusing owing to the larger amount of corn gluten feed sold. The 

 samples collected were evidently derived largely from corn which 

 yields the best quality of distillers' grains. Rye grains were not 

 collected. 



Owing to the process of manufacture which exhausts the 

 digestible starch of the seed, distillers' grains should be fed with 

 corn meal, flour middlings, hominy feed or other starchy feeding 

 stuffs. When fed in this manner they form an excellent addi- 

 tion to the ration and furnish not only a large amount of digestible 

 protein but^also bulk. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 



1913 1914 1915 1916 



No. Samples 34 26 20 20 



Protein (per cent) 31.04 31.28 30.86 30.58 



Fat (per cent) 10.75 10.44 10.55 10.26 



Fiber (per cent) 11.37 10.51 10.74 10.38 



Price a ton $34.53 $34.93 $35.39 $35.64 



Malt Sprouts. Only three samples of malt 

 Brewers' sprouts are reported and these were of good 



By-Products. quality. Sprouts are practically out of the 



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. manufacturing proprietary mixed feeds. 



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