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Peanut oil cake feed is the ground cake obtained from the whole peanut 

 (shell and kernel) after the extraction of the oil. 



Peanut oil cake meal is derived from the shelled nut. The average analysis 

 of the four samples of peanut oil cake feed collected compared with peanut 

 oil cake meal follows: — 



Peanut OU 

 Cake Meal 

 (Per Cent.). 



Water, 

 Protein, 



Fat 



Nitrogen free extract, 



Fiber, 



Aah 



10.70 



47.60 



8.00 



23.70 



5.10 



4.90 



Peanut oil cake meal (without shell) is highly digestible and an exceedingly 

 valuable protein feed. Peanut oil cake feed (with shell) is considerably in- 

 ferior because of the large amount of indigestible shells present. 



Gluten Meal and the Gluten Feeds conformed to their guarantees 

 and were of usual quality. 



Distillers' and Brewers' Dried Grains were found in limited amounts. 

 Owing to the fact that these products will eventually disappear from the 

 markets, discussion as to their value is unnecessary. 



Yeast Grains are the dried residues remaining from various mixtures of 

 cereals and cereal products used as a medium for growing commercial yeast. 

 In appearance they resemble brewers' dried grains, which they approach in 

 feeding value. 



Wheat By-Products, Middlings, Mixed Feed and Bran were, con- 

 trary to expectation, of the usual quality. Present milling regulations did 

 not appear to affect their composition materially in so far as we have been 

 able to judge. A considerable proportion of the wheat kernel, which was 

 formerly sold as red dog flour and flour middlings, is now incorporated in 

 the wheat flour. Wheat by-products of all kinds are scarce and diflficult to 

 obtain in New England, due to decreased production in proportion to the 

 amount of wheat milled, to the fact that more bran is being consumed at 

 points near the mills, and possibly because mixers of prepared feeds have 

 been able to contract for large amounts of wheat bran which ordinarily enter 

 into the market unmixed. With distillers' and brewers' dried grains out of 

 the market and wheat bran in limited supply, feeders desiring a bulky ration 

 must turn to ground barley, oats or alfalfa or to some of the low-grade by- 

 products, such as oat and barley feeds. While a large number of wheat 



