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but as somewhat superior to wheat meal. Gluten meal 

 has neither the germ nor the hull portions of corn; it is 

 the protein section of the grain, and contains more pro- 

 tein and fat than any other corn product, but is very low 

 in mineral matter. Corn bran and gluten meal mixed 

 and ground constitute gluten feed, which is rich in pro- 

 tein, but possesses more bulk than the gluten meal. Corn 

 bran is the hulls of the corn grain, and, by itself, has 

 little feeding value. Gluten meal is a very concentrated 

 feed, not economically fed alone, and should form but 

 part of a ration. It may be mixed with corn or corn meal 

 for fattening, and, for growing hogs and brood sows, 

 with some feed that will supply bulk, and should be 

 soaked before using. Gluten feed may be used without 

 other mixture as a growing food, but if given to fatten- 

 ing hogs, it should go with corn meal or other feed. 



The Cornell University experiment station used gluten 

 meal in comparison with corn meal, both with separator 

 skim milk, on four lots of four pigs each, beginning 

 in February. The following results were printed (Bulle- 

 tin No. 199) : "The object of the experiment was to de- 

 termine the relative value of corn meal and gluten meal 

 when fed along with separator skim milk. The pigs 

 were so divided that two lots should contain the large 

 pigs for comparison, and two lots the small pigs, so that 

 the large ones should be compared with each other and 

 the small ones with each other. In arranging the ra- 

 tions for the various lots those fed gluten meal were 

 put upon a relatively narrow ration and those fed corn 

 upon a ration Avhich was very close to the theoretical 

 standard. In both cases where corn meal was used with 



