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Feeds and Feeding. 



ing to Pott, 1 rice meal is an excellent feed for milk production. 

 Nine pounds per day have been fed to cows with no unfavorable 

 results. Eancid rice meal has a bad influence on milk and but- 

 ter and is apt to disturb the digestion of the cow. (864) 



Eice and its by-products are low in fertilizing ingredients with 

 the exception of rice polish, which is quite rich in nitrogen and 

 phosphoric acid. 



n. Buckwheat and its By-products. 

 Digestible nutrients and feHilizing constituents. 



192. Concerning the buckwheat grain. — The grain of the buck- 

 wheat plant, rarely used as stock feed, has a fair feeding value, 

 its nutrients running somewhat lower than the leading cereals. In 

 certain districts large quantities of buckwheat by-products are 

 available to the stockman, who, understanding their nature and 

 composition, may avail himself of an excellent feed at com- 

 paratively low cost. The black, woody hulls of the buckwheat 

 grain have little feeding value, and should be used only when 

 coarse feeds are scarce and high priced, in which case they 

 may serve to give bulk to the feed of animals that otherwise 

 might starve. On the other hand, that portion of the buckwheat 

 grain immediately inside the hull which forms the middlings, is 

 rich in protein and ether extract, and has a high feeding value. 

 The miller, aiming to sell as much of the hulls as possible, mixes 

 them with the middlings, designating this compound '' buck- 

 wheat bran." (862) The intelligent purchaser, knowing that the 

 hulls are practically worthless, will avoid them and buy only the 



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