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Maize Germ Meal. The maize is ground by the 

 roller-mill process, after which the germ is removed 

 and collected. The germ meal is rich in oil (10 to 12 

 per cent.) and carbohydrates (60 per cent), and fairly 

 rich in albuminoids (12 per cent). It is very digestible, 

 and suitable for dairy cows up to 6 Ibs. per head per 

 day. 



Gluten Meal and Gluten Peed. When maize 

 starch is required, it is removed by careful washing 

 from maize, which has been previously ground down 

 to a meal. The residue consists of the germ and, in 

 fact, everything except the starch. It is divided into 

 two grades, chiefly according to its richness or poor- 

 ness in fibre. Those low in fibre (2 per cent.) are 

 called gluten meal, while those containing a larger 

 proportion of fibre (6 per cent.) are called gluten feed. 



The gluten meal is also richer in albuminoids (38 per 

 cent.) and oil (4 per cent), but poorer in carbo- 

 hydrates (45 per cent) than gluten feed, which contains 

 albuminoids 26 per cent, oil 3 per cent, and carbo- 

 hydrates 53 per cent. 



These foods have proved themselves to be very 

 suitable for dairy cows in the south-west of Scotland. 

 (See Mr Robb's Report, Glasgow and West of Scotland 

 Agricultural College.) 



Flaked Maize. This term is applied to maize 

 which has been cleaned, crushed, cooked, rolled into 

 " flakes," and dried. By so doing the bulk is consider- 

 ably increased, and the palatability is improved ; but 

 it is very questionable if the cooking increases the 

 digestibility, seeing that the oil and carbohydrates are 

 practically all digestible in the uncooked maize. 



Flaked maize is now being sold under the names of 

 " Kositos " and " Uveco." 



