CHAPTEE IX. 



MINOR OKREALS, OEL-BEAEING AND LEGTJICINOTJS SEBDS AND 

 THEIB BY-PEODUCrrS. 



I. Bice and its By-products. 

 Digestible nutrients and fertilizing conMUueids. 



190. Parts of the rice grain. — The rice grain is not directly nsed 

 for stock feeding, but its by-products from the mills in the South 

 are available in considerable quantity for that purpose. Accord- 

 ing to Eoss, 1 the products from 162 pounds of rough rice are as 



follows: 



95 pounds clean rice, all grades. 

 8 pounds polish. 

 30 pounds bran. 

 29 pounds chaff, straw, trash, dust, etc. 



191. By-products of rice. — Eice hulls are so woody that they are 

 not useful for feeding purposes except in periods of great scarcity 

 of coarse provender. Eice bran, composed of the outside of the 

 rice grain and liiore or less of the germ, is of moderate feeding 

 value for dairy cows and pigs. Eice polish, a dust-like powder, 

 is rich in nutritive elements, and very valuable for feeding cows, 

 pigs, etc. It is ricb in both nitrogen and phosphoric acid, and 

 hence a valuable manure results from using this feed. Accord- 



1 BuL 24, La, Expt Sta. 



