CLASSES OF COMMERCIAL 



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Corn and Oat Feeds. These feeds, sometimes called chop 

 feeds, are made up of factory products or waste products, 

 with corn and oats. Many of these feeds contain oat hulls 

 and most of them carry i to 2 per cent, salt to make them more 

 palatable. 



Provender is a name used in the New England States for 

 feeds composed of ground corn and oats. 



Fortified Oat Feed. A feed is said to be fortified when some 

 protein concentrate (highly nitrogenous feed) is added to it. 

 Hence fortified oat feed is made up of oat feed and some pro- 

 tein concentrate. 



ANALYSES OF OATS, CORN, OAT HULLS AND CORN AND OAT FEED 



Molasses Feeds are sometimes called sugar feeds or molasses 

 grains. There are many combinations of materials introduced 

 in these feeds, governed principally by the intelligence and hon- 

 esty of the manufacturers. The location, demand, ease of ob- 

 taining, and price of the feeding materials that go to make up 

 the finished product are also important considerations in the 

 selection. 



Products Used. Cotton-seed meal, linseed meal, malt sprouts, 

 dried brewers' grains, distillery products, rice products, corn 

 products, ground corn cobs, ground corn stalks, corn pith, wheat 

 products (generally wheat screenings), dried beet pulp, oats 

 (generally off grade), oat hulls, barley products, buckwheat 

 products, finely ground or chopped hay (usually leguminous 

 hays, such as alfalfa, clover, etc.), straw, flax feed, elevator dust 

 (including grain smut, all sorts of brushings and cleanings, such as 

 dust, grain rust, etc.), sweepings, grain screenings, refuse from 



