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the by-product resulting from the preparation of the break- 

 fast preparation known as cerealine flakes. It is very coarse 

 looking, and appears much like unground corn hulls. 



JResuUs of Experiment a. 



1. Hominy meal produced 5 to 7 per cent, more growth, 

 when fed to pigs in connection with skim-milk, than did corn 

 meal. This diflerence was probably due to the dryer condi- 

 tion of the hominy meal, and nearly disappears when the 

 meals are compared on a basis of dry matter they contained. 



2. In view of the fact that "Pig IV. was thrown out of 

 the experiment, we should hesitate to say that the hominy 

 meal had proved itself in any degree superior to the corn 

 meal. This experiment would seem to indicate, however, 

 that pound for pound, as found in the market, the hominy 

 meal is at least fully as valuable as the corn meal. 



3. In the two experiments with cerealine feed and corn 

 meal, the corn meal produced 5 per cent, more growth than 

 did the cerealine feed. Corn meal constituted but 62 per 

 cent, of the dry matter of the ration ; and, if 62 per cent, 

 of dry matter of the ration in the form of corn meal pro- 

 duced a gain of 5 per cent., 100 per cent, of corn meal — 

 e. (/., its full eflect — would show an 8 per cent. gain. 



4. We think we are justified in saying that corn meal is 

 from 5 to possibly 10 per cent, more valuable than cerealine 

 feed for use in connection with skim-milk for growing pigs. 



5. Cerealine feed might prove equal to corn meal as a 

 feed for milch cows, as digestion experiments with sheep 

 have shown it to contain as much digestible matter as corn 

 meal. It is very probable that pigs are not able to digest 

 the hulls of the corn as well as other animals. 



6. Because of the important part played by the individ- 

 uality of the animal, we are frank to confess that a larger 

 number of pigs would ])e desirable in conducting experi- 

 ments of this kind. We feel confident, however, that these 

 experiments give a fairly accurate representation of the 

 comparative values of the several feed stuffs.^ 



