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Corn meal is the ground grain without the cob. The 

 usual run of such meal on the farm is rather coarse and is 

 often cracked or crushed rather than finely ground. In 

 some sections, the farmer calls it "corn chop." Ordinarily, 

 it does not pay to grind the grain, although it is more com- 

 pletely digested than is the whole kernel, but the expense 

 of grinding usually offsets any advantage, except for some 

 special purpose. 



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

 together. 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 juices 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. It is 

 better for cattle. 



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 



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