MAIZE AND RICE BY-PRODUCTS 75 



Maize Bran is the outer portion of the seed, and 

 a similar product is being sold under the name of 

 " Homco." 



(/) By-products from Rice. 



Rice meal is a by-product from rice mills, where 

 the rice is being prepared for human consumption. It 

 is rich in oil (12 per cent.) and carbohydrates (50 per 

 cent), moderately rich in albuminoids (12 per cent), 

 and contains about 8 per cent of fibre. Sometimes 

 rice hulls, which consist of hard, indigestible fibrous 

 material, may find their way into the meal. It does 

 not keep at all well, as the oil quickly decomposes. 



It may be used for all classes of stock as part of 

 the concentrated food, more especially with those foods 

 which are rich in albuminoids and poor in oil. 



(m) Miscellaneous By-products. 



Apple Pomace, or the residue after the juice has been 

 expressed from apples in cider-making, is fairly rich in 

 carbohydrates. 



The " fresh residue," according to Wolff, contains on 

 an average: water, 75 per cent; albuminoids, 1-6 per 

 cent; carbohydrates, 17-5 per cent; fat, 1-2 per cent; 

 and fibre, 4-9 per cent Half the albuminoids and fat, 

 two-thirds of the carbohydrates, and rather less than 

 half the fibre are digestible. 



The " dried residue," on an average, contains : water, 

 15 per cent ; albuminoids, 5^ per cent ; carbohydrates, 

 49 per cent; fat, 1 3^ per cent; and fibre, 21 per cent 

 The digestibility bears about the same proportion for 

 the different nutrients in each case as those in the fresh 

 1 / Ether Extract. 



