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Hominy meal is derived from white corn, 

 Hominy Meal. although yellow hominy is occasionally 

 Pages 30-31. found on the market. Hominy meal con- 

 sists of the softer parts of the corn kernel 

 together with the corn germ separated in the manufacture of 

 hominy grits. While slightly less digestible than corn meal, the 

 fact that it contains rather more protein and fat and that it is 

 kiln dried and almost invariably sweet, makes it a more desirable 

 feed than corn meal when it can be purchased for about the 

 same price. Recently a number of manufacturers have em- 

 ployed a process for extracting a part of the corn oil from the 

 germ which gives the hominy feed a lower fat content. A good 

 quality of hominy should contain about 10 per cent of protein 

 and not over 5 per cent of fiber. The 56 samples herein reported 

 show an average of 10.78 per cent of protein and 7.3 per cent 

 of fat and indicate that the hominy feed offered in Massachusetts 

 is of excellent quality. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 



1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 



No. Samples, 62 21 50 67 



Protein (per cent), 10.29 10.55 10.78 10.78 



Fat (per cent), 7.94 7.79 7.54 7.29 



Fiber (per cent), 4.21 3.87 3.68 3.85 



Price a ton, $30.13 $26.62 $33.15 $30.85 



Provender, as understood locally, is a mix- 

 Provender, ture of straight corn and oats ground to- 

 Page 32. gether. It cannot be considered an eco- 

 nomical feed for dairy stock and is more 

 generally used in feeding horses. There are a number of so- 

 called corn-and-oat feeds oji the market consisting of either 

 hominy feed or corn meal and oat feed that will prove fully as 

 satisfactory for horse feeding as provender when sold at the 

 same or a smaller figure. 



Dried beet pulp is the residue obtained in 



Dried Beet Pulp, the manufacture of sugar from the sugar 



Page 32. beet. Experiments have shown it to be 



nearly equal in feeding value to a like 



amount of corn meal. Its mechanical condition and its ability 



to absorb large amounts of water render it^quite satisfactory as 



a substitute for corn silage, providing the latter is not available. 



From 8 to 10 pounds can be fed daily mixed with 2 to 3 times 



its weight of water. 



