The /tw//// /vv?// put out by the Phoenix IMilling Co., of Virginia, 

 consisted principally of ground peanut shells. An experiment with 

 a similar feed made several years since at this Station, showed it to 

 be worth about one-third as much as corn meal. In other words it 

 is useful as an absorbent rather than as a feed. The retail price of 

 $25 per ton was simply outrageous. 



III. Poultry Feeds. 



The various ground grain mixtures put out as poultry feeds, con- 

 sisted largely of corn, fortified with some nitrogenous by-product. 

 The scratching feed was composed of broken corn, oats and wheat. 

 The Wyandot poultry feed consisted principally of corn and millet 

 seed, together with wheat, oyster shells, and charcoal, in some 

 mixtures poor barley or wheat screenings are used in place of wheat. 

 The price asked for poultry mixtures is usually excessive. 



Meat and bone meals and meat scraps were of the usual composition 

 and the prices asked were reasonable. 



F, NEW FEEDS. 



Considerable has been said concerning the source 



Distillers' and character of distillers' grains in the Thirteenth 



Grains. Report, and in Bulletin 78 of this Station. These 



feeds are the residue in the manufacture of alcohol, 

 spirits and whiskey from the several cereals. Briefly stated the pro- 

 cess consists in grinding the grains and heating them with a solution 

 of malt, thus converting the starch into sugar. The addition of 

 yeast changes the sugar into alcohol, which is distilled, and the resi- 

 due or distillery slop dried in especially constructed driers and put 

 upon the market as a cattle feed. It is composed chiefly of the hull, 

 germ, and protein matter of the grains. It has a slightly sour taste 

 and smell, because of the fermentation. Several brands, Biles XXXX, 

 Hall's AAAA, Ajax Flakes and Atlas (so called Atlas Gluten 

 Meal) are at present being sold, in Massachusetts. The samples 

 recently collected had the following composition : 



Water. Ash. Protein. I-iber. Extract. Fat. 



Biles XXXX 7.67 1.84 34.84 13.67 31.48 10.50 



Atlas 7.46 1.80 3.6.1 1 12.63 27.19 14.81 



