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removal of the oil. These variations do not, however, materially 

 change the feeding value. If hominy feed contains a considerable 

 amount of the fat extracted corn germ, the color is somewhat 

 darker than for meal in which the germ is lacking. Hominy feed 

 is made from white corn. A product of similar composition is made 

 from yellow corn in the manufacture of table meal. Hominy meal 

 is fully equal, if not slightly superior, to corn in feeding value. 



Stock and Horse Feeds. The usual basis of these feeds is oat 

 feed, a by-product consisting of large amounts of oat hulls resulting 

 from the manufacture of cereal breakfast foods. Many individual 

 samples of stock feed exceeded their fiber guarantees, due probably 

 to an effort to use maximum amounts of oat feed. A particularly 

 inferior feed was found in Greene's Stock Feed, which ran notice- 

 ably low in protein and high in fiber. As the dealer had only a 

 few sacks in stock, and as it is not widely distributed, no action 

 was taken other than calHng the dealer's attention to the quality 

 of the goods. 



Molasses Feeds (containing less than 15 per cent protein). 

 Many of these feeds contain cut or ground alfalfa as a base. The 

 chief advantages of using alfalfa in this form are convenience in 

 handhng and shipping. On the other hand, the quality of the 

 alfalfa used may be disguised by grinding and the purchaser pays 

 grain prices for what is really a roughage. 



Xtra-Vim Feed is a mixture of molasses and sphagnum moss. 

 The chief value of the moss is as a distributor for the molasses. 



Poultry Feeds. Only such feeds as were offered for sale in 

 places other than where mixed are reported. In addition many 

 local mixtures were collected and analyzed, and found to be of 

 much the same quaUty as in previous years. 



Information relative to special feeds not reported will be sent 

 to those interested. 



