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wheat, and on this account, in some countries, it is not as 

 generally used for human food. It is, however, one of 

 the cheapest foods that can be procured, and the preju- 

 dice against its use as human food because of its being 

 fed to animals is gradually being overcome. Its value 

 as animal food is too well known to require further dis- 

 cussion. 



