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Other cereal by-products. The by-products of rye, 

 oats, peas, buckwheat and rice, are possessed of some feed- 

 ing value, but they are not so valuable relatively as the by- 

 products of wheat, barley, corn and flax. 



Rye. Rye by-products ; viz., rye bran and rye shortc ? 

 are chemically not far different from those of wheat. In 

 some of the countries of northwestern Europe, they are used 

 to a considerable degree in feeding stock. In America, rye is 

 not extensively manufactured into bread, consequently its 

 by-products are not to be had in large amounts for feeding. 

 Rye, bran and shorts are sometimes fed for milk produc- 

 tion, but they are not so highly prized for such a use as the 

 by-products of wheat. It is said that when these products 

 are thus fed in large quantities, they affect adversely the 

 flavor of both milk and butter. Rye shorts have not proved 

 equal to rye or barley for making pork, viewed from the 

 standpoint of production. The pork also made from rye 

 shorts has been pronounced inferior in quality, being softer 

 and also shrinking more than pork made from ground rye 

 or barley. 



Oats. The principal by-products of oats are known as 

 oat feed and oat dust. These are variable in their compo- 

 sition, but not infrequently the former is composed of oat 

 chaff and the latter of minute hairs found at one end of the 

 kernel. Broken grains add to the value of such food. 

 When composed entirely of hulls, it is not worth much 

 more than an equal weight of oat chaff. It is not infre- 

 quently used to adulterate mill feed, the presence of the 

 hulls being intended to show that the mixture cont?^ 

 ground oats. Oat meal, such as is used for porridge, i an 

 excellent food on which to start young animals when be- 

 ginning to take food other than milk. 



Peas. The chief by-product of peas comes from es- 

 tablishments where they are commercially prepared as hu- 

 man food. It is frequently referred fo as split peas. It 

 consists of broken and defective kernels and any foreign 



