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Six samples of rye feeds and middlings are re- 

 Rye Feeds. ported. They were of good quality, uniformly 

 Pages 23-24. free from weed seeds and other foreign material, 

 and contained about as much protein as the aver- 

 age wheat bran. They resemble standard wheat middlings in feed- 

 ing value. 



AVERAGE ANALYSES. 



No. samples, 6 



Protein, 1508 



Fat, 3.23 



Price a ton, $30.20 



II. Starchy (Carbohydrate) Feeds. 



Corn meal. The sample of so-called " B " meal 



Ground Grains, collected was dark colored and musty, and was 



Page 25. evidently ground from damaged corn. Such 



meal cannot be considered desirable for horses or 



cattle, but if cooked or steamed can be utilized as a feed for swine. 



Ground oats. The five samples reported were as represented, and 



in no case were added hulls detected. 



Kaffir corn meal. The sample of Kaffir corn collected resembled 

 in composition Indian corn, and is probably equal in feeding value. 



Hominy feed or meal is a by-product from the 



Hominy Meal, manufacture of hominy and brewers' grits. The 



Pages 25-27. corn bran and germ are removed by a machine 



known as the degerminator, and constitute about 

 one-third in weight of the entire corn. A considerable amount of 

 starchy matter is removed with the bran and germ, and this com- 

 bined residue constitutes the hominy meal or chop feed. Good, un- 

 adulterated hominy should analyze from i o to 12 percent protein 

 and from 7 to 10 per cent fat, and should not contain over 6 per 

 cent fiber. It can be successfully used as a substitute for corn meal 

 and has fully as much feeding value. Occasionally hominy feed is 

 adulterated with ground corn cob, which decreases its digestibility, 

 as well as the percentage of protein and fat. The Star brand is the 

 only article of this description sold in Massachusetts. 



