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Molasses feeds, for the most part, consist of a mixture 

 of inferior light weight materials, containing a large 

 amount of crude fiber and having a low digestibility, with 

 higli grade products. The addition of the high grade 

 products increases the percentage of protein and decreases 

 the percentage of crude fiber in the final mixture. To- 

 gether with the molasses the better products help to con- 

 ceal the identity of the poorer constituents. The mo- 

 lasses adds palatability and supply carbohydrates. 



Compound feeds are those feeds bearing trade names 

 which may or may not be descriptive of the materials which 

 have been used in their manufacture. They may contain 

 any mixture of stock feed materials and therefore cannot 

 be compared with standards of average composition. They 

 often represent various industrial by-products such, for 

 example, as are obtained in the manufacture of breakfast 

 and other cereal foods. 



For the purpose of making comparisons the following 

 tables are given : 



TABLE NO. 1 

 Average Composition of Feeding-Stuffs — Per Cent. 

 (Henry's, Jordan's and Lindsay's 



Dry 

 Matter Water 



Corn 89.4 10.6 



Corn Meal 85.0 15.0 



Corn Bran 90.6 9.4 



Corn Chops 87.2 12.3 



Hominy Meal 90.4 9.6 



Gluten Feed 90.8 9.2 



Corn and Cob Meal 84.9 15.1 



Corn Cob 89.3 10.7 



Oats 89.6 10.4 



Oat Middlings 91.2 8.8 



Oat Feed 93.0 7.0 



Wheat 89.5 10.5 



Wheat Bran 88.1 11.9 



Wheat Middlings (shorts) 88.8 11.2 



Flour Middlings 90.0 10.0 



Shipstuff 89.1 10.9 



Barley 89.2 10.8 



Buckwheat 86.6 13.4 



Buckwheat Feed 88.4 11.6 



Brewers' Dried Grains 91.3 8.7 



Distillers' Dried Grains 92.4 7.6 



Malt Sprouts 90.5 9.5 



