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Bibby^s dairy cake and Blomo feed are being tested at the present 

 time, and the results will be reported in a subsequent bulletin. The 

 latter contained an excessive amount of water and fell decidedly 

 below its guarantee. These feeds have been referred to more at 

 length in Bulletin No. 93, pages 41 and 46. 



ATueUe>''s molasses grain, a mixture of dried brewers' grains, malt 

 sprouts and molasses — did not maintain its guarantee. In one case 

 the protein discrepancy was practically 100 percent. Such a varia- 

 tion is the very best advertisement against its use. 



Gee s oil cake compojind, one sample of which was collected, is not 

 linseed meal, but consists largely according to the Connecticut station, 

 of wheat and weed seeds. 



Note : Most proprietary mixed feeds are likely to prove expensive 

 and not as satisfactory for dairy purposes, as combinations of one- 

 third cottonseed or gluten meal, one-third flour middlings and one- 

 third wheat bran, or as a mixture of half and half by weight of 

 gluten feed and wheat bran. See Bulletin No. 93, pages 47-51. 



II. Starchy Feeds. 



Oats: Because of the cold, wet season of 1903, oats 

 Oats, Corn and in many instances became infected with smut or 

 Hominy Meals, later with mould, and the resulting grain was so 

 Pages 17-18. inferior that horses often refused them. Bleaching 

 or sulfuring w'as tried and while it may have 

 improved the appearance, it is doubtful if it improved the quality. 

 Such oats it would be better to grind and feed to swine or dairy ani- 

 mals than to use as a horse feed. 



Corn meal : .As corn last season did not all mature and cured very 

 imperfectly, the percentage of water was exceedingly high (about 

 20 per cent) and the protein and fat contents low. This corn, unless 

 mixed with old, was difficult to grind and soon heated. The only 

 remedy would be to kiln dry as soon as possible after harvesting. 



Hominy meal: The hard part of the corn kernel, known as hominy, 

 or hominy grits, is used for human food. The residue or soft part 

 of the kernel, sometimes called white meal is sold as a cattle feed 

 and consists of the hull, germ, and more or less of the protein and 

 starch. It is quite widely distributed, is kiln dried and has a feeding 

 value similar to dry corn meal. The twenty samples collected, aver- 

 aged 9. 87 percent of protein and 7.23 per cent of fat. Three samples 



