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cent, fibre. It is a splendid food for human beings, and 

 that grown in the Edinburgh district appears to be 

 peculiarly suitable for this purpose. 



For cattle it forms a very useful constituent of the 

 concentrated part of the ration, especially when cattle 

 are being fattened. Sometimes the oatmeal is made 

 into a dough with hot water, moulded by the hands 

 into balls, then fed to cattle in this ball form, say, 

 4 to 6 Ibs. per head per day. This method answers 

 where cattle are being fed off on grass-land. 



Horses are fond of it, but it is only advisable to 

 feed oatmeal when horses are doing hard work. 



Oat Husks. These husks have adhering to them 

 a certain amount of oatmeal, which gives them a 

 pronounced smell of the meal. They are high in 

 fibre (30 per cent), poor in albuminoids (3 per cent.) and 

 oil (i per cent), but are very useful for opening up 

 or separating highly concentrated foods, as well as 

 giving the whole feed a very attractive smell. The 

 hulls are not very easily digested by stock. 



Oat Dust. Oat dust contains about 13 per cent 

 albuminoids, 5 per cent oil, 50 per cent carbohydrates, 

 and 1 8 per cent, fibre. It is important for feeding 

 purposes because it has an astringent or " binding " 

 effect on the bowels of the animal, consequently it 

 may be included with other foods which are rather 

 too laxative, and for this purpose may be used up 

 to one-quarter of the concentrates in the ration. 



() By-products from Maize. 



The chief by-products from maize which are being 

 used for feeding purposes in this country at the present 

 time are maize germ meal, gluten meal, and gluten feed. 



