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of oat hulls and can be bought at a reasonable figure. Fortified 

 feeds consisting almost entirely of oat residues are likely to contain 

 an excess of oat hulls, which render them unfit to be fed unless mixed 

 with corn, hominy or other products. It is the belief of the writer 

 that, as a rule, it will be the part of economy to purchase a mixture 

 of one-third ground oats and two-thirds cracked corn in place of 

 most of the above mixtures. 



Oat feeds. Nine samples of oat feeds, representing 

 Miscellaneous five different brands, were collected. They con- 

 Starchy Feeds, tained from 3.43 to 8 per cent protein, and from 

 Page 25. I to 2.92 per cent fat, and retailed at from $17 to 

 ^23 a ton. Such material consists of from 60 to 80 

 per cent hulls, and at prices asked must be a very expensive feed. 



Zest and shredded ivheat feeds represent the residues or waste 

 from the manufacture of wheat foods for human consumption. As 

 a food for young chickens they probably have a special value, be- 

 cause of their mechanical condition and high digestibility. 



Dried grains^ put out by A. H. Brown & Bros., is evidently the 

 residue from the manufacture of Mellen's or a similar food. If it 

 does not contain over 8 per cent of fiber, it may have 80 per cent of 

 the feeding value of corn meal. 



Dried beet pulp is the residue of the beet after the extraction of the 

 sugar. It has approximately two-thirds to three-fourths of the feed- 

 ing value of corn meal. As high as 8 to 10 pounds can be fed daily, 

 but so large an amount should be thoroughly moistened with water 

 at least several hours before feeding. The New Jersey station re- 

 ports some 10 per cent more milk from a daily ration containing 9 

 pounds of dried beet pulp (soaked before being fed) than from one 

 ■containing 45 pounds of corn silage. 



