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These feeds consist^ principally of oat feed or ofifal' 



Fortified together with more or less corn, to which has been 



oat feeds. added some red dog or other feed to bring up the 



Page ji. protein guaranty. They averaged 12.51 percent 



protein and 4.50 per cent of fat. The most impor- 

 tant brands are Quaker dairy, Schumacher's and H-0 horse feed. 

 Most of them are presumably intended as substitutes for true prov- 

 enders for feeding horses and are offered at from $1.20 to $1.40 a 

 hundred pounds. It is for the consumer to decide whether he pre- 

 fers true provender to those feeds for his horses, and the high grade 

 protein concentrates to these mixtures for his dairy stock. 



This material as is well known is the ollal from the 



Oat feeds. oat meal mills. It is believed that it is not so gen- 



Page J2. erally distributed as formerly, being used more as 



a filler or admixture in other brands of mixed feed 

 stuffs. It contains from 50 to 65 per cent of hulls, averages 7 per 

 cent of protein and 2.50 per cent fat, and is retailed for 80 cents to 

 $1.25 a hundred pound-s. While this material has unquestionably a 

 certain feeding w^Xnt, it is co/isiddred to be the most expensive feed — 

 quality considered — on the market. Why should the farmer buy it? 

 Certainly not for the protein it contains ! Possibly because he 

 thinks oat hulls a good milk producer ! 



Under this heading are included a number of feeds, 



Miscellaneous none of which have an extended sale. Two samples 



feeds. of cerealine feed, a corn by-product from the man- 



Pages J2-JJ. ufacture of cerealine fiakes, were collected. This is 



a desirable starchy feed, but not worth any more 

 than hominy meal. Afellen's food refuse may be considered a fairly 

 satisfactory starchy feed at $1.00 a hundred pounds. Shredded 

 wheat refuse should also be a very satisfactory feed at $1.20 to $1.30 

 a hundred pounds. The price asked, $1.45 a hundred pounds was 

 too high. Peanut bran and peanut shells are practically worthless 

 as feed stuffs. Rice middlings, because of the large percentage of 

 fiber, is an unsatisfactory feed. Barley meal is equal to corn meal 

 in feeding value. 



III. Poultry Feeds. 



There is a large variety of poultry feeds on the market at the 

 present time, the number seeming to increase with the growing 

 importance of the poultry industry. 



