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much power for grinding. The product must be fine or the animal 

 will not eat it. It is not likely to become rancid and has better 

 physical condition than corn meal because the cobs add bulk. 

 It is nearly equal to corn meal in feeding value. 



392. Cereal milk by-products. — In cereal mills, corn is 

 milled to produce the so-called "breakfast foods" such as hominy, 

 corn flakes, etc. The by-products used as feeds are corn bran, corn 

 feed meal, hominy feed and corn germ meal. 



393. Hominy feed. — This feed has more fat and somewhat 

 more protein than corn meal. It has more fiber and is therefore 

 more bulky. Due to its greater bulk and smaller percentage of 

 water, hominy will keep better in storage than corn meal. It is 

 also better adapted to combining in rations than is corn meal, 

 which requires special feeds to supplement its lack of bulk. Thus, 

 hominy is much more widely used in the dairy ration than corn 

 meal, although on the basis of nutrient content the two feeds are 

 about equal. When the word "horniny" is used, white hominy is 

 meant. Most of the corn used in the cereal mill is white. There 

 is also a similar feed from yellow corn, called yellow hominy feed. 

 Hominy meal and hominy chop are other names for hominy feed. 



394. Corn germ meal. — This feed is nearly twice as high in 

 protein as corn meal, and is somewhat higher in fat and also in 

 fiber. It is an excellent medium protein feed of high digestibility, 

 but its palatability decreases on standing since rancidity develops 

 from its high fat content. Corn germ meal is one of the less im- 

 portant corn feeds because a relatively small amount of it is pro- 

 duced. A similar product is obtained in the manufacture of 

 starch from corn. 



395. Corn feed meal. — Corn feed meal is a by-product either 

 from the manufacture of cracked corn or table meal. It is rather 

 variable in analysis and, therefore, in feeding value, depending 

 on how the milling process is carried out. It is usually spoken of as 

 similar to corn meal. Actually, by reason of its higher fiber and 

 bulk, it more closely resembles hominy, However, it must be 

 remembered that it is more variable in value than either corn 

 meal or hominy. 



