GRAINS AXI) GROUND FEEDS • 365 



to the mixing- of hulls or sweepings with what would 

 otherwise he a meritorious article. It should be re- 

 membered that the experiments with shorts or other 

 ground feed or by-products ha\e been with a product of 

 good grade, and not one that has been used as a medium 

 for working off otherwise unsalable material. Mid- 

 dlings, for example, has sometimes been found to con- 

 tain sweepings and bran reground. As a rule, feed of 

 this character is not economical. 



BURNT OR FROSTED GRAINS 



Occasionally, when a large elevator burns in which 

 much grain is stored, the damaged contents are thrown 

 on the market at a low price for hog-feed. Instances 

 have been reported where wheat damaged in this way 

 has been fed satisfactorily to hogs after it was re- 

 covered from a burned elevator, and, so far as the author 

 has been able to discover, no reports have been made 

 of injurious results from its use. It is not safe, how- 

 ever, to conclude that such feed may always be used 

 with impunity. While the nominal price at which grain 

 n:ay usually be secured following a fire may make the 

 opportunity seem attractive, it is well to use caution. A 

 fair trial will sometimes determine whether the damaged 

 urain may be safely used, and ordinarily a sample may 

 be sent to the director of the nearest experiment station 

 and his counsel obtained as to the advisability of its use. 



Grain injured by frost while yet immature, or known 

 in Canada as "frozen wheat," has been fed without ap- 

 parent ill results. Bulletin No. 51 of the Central ex- 

 perimental farm of Canada, gives the following ex- 



