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Corn-and-cob meal is the kernel and cob ground up to- 

 gether. If the cob is not too coarse, such feed is excellent 

 for cattle and sheep. Feeding experiments have shown that 

 100 pounds of corn-and-cob meal fed to these animals will 

 give returns equal to 100 pounds of pure corn meal. The 

 reason given for this is that the ground cob makes the meal 

 more porous, allowing the fluids of the stomach in digesting 

 the food to mix more easily with the corn and porous cob 

 meal than with the pure meal, which is inclined to become 

 heavy and soggy. This feed is not good for hogs, unless 

 ground very fine, as it contains too much woody fiber. 



Gluten feed is a product of factories where starch is made 

 from corn. It consists of what is left of the grain after the 

 starch and germ have been removed, and is quite rich in 

 digestible protein, containing about 20 per cent. Cattle and 

 sheep are fond of it, and it is a mill product of much value in 

 balancing a ration for these animals. Gluten meal, another 

 product of the starch factory, richer in protein than gluten 

 feed, was formerly sold separately. At present it is usually 

 ground in with the gluten feed. 



Hominy feed is a by-product of the hominy mill. It 

 resembles a fine whitish corn meal when made from white 

 corn, and consists of the hulls and other parts of the corn 

 grain ground up together. Its feeding value is quite the 

 same as corn meal, and it is excellent for cattle, sheep, and 

 hogs, all eating it with a relish. Hominy feed is quite popu- 

 lar in some sections of the country among men feeding dairy 

 cattle in official testing for milk and butter-fat. 



Wheat is not usually fed to animals, unless it is very low 

 in price. It becomes somewhat pasty when ground in the 

 mouth, as everyone knows who has lived in a wheat country. 

 It contains about 9 per cent of digestible protein, and 

 belongs in the class of feeds fairly rich in this substance. All 

 animals are fond of wheat. It should, however, be crushed 

 or cracked before feeding to horses, cattle, or hogs; but need 



