50 



The bitter, rancid taste so frequently noticed is due to the use of 

 spoiled grain. Such feeds should tiot be purchased except at a discount, 

 and should be used only as a food for sicine. 



Over ID per cent of fiber is indicative of an excess of oat hulls 

 and light oats.. Feeders ought to be ivise enough Jiot to be willhig to 

 help out the manufacturers by payifig at the rate of $jo a ton for oat 

 hulls. 



Some stock feeds have a higher percentage of fat than others, due 

 to the use of hominy instead of corn. Those feeds containing 9 to 

 ID per cent of protein, and less than 10 per cent of fiber, are the 

 most desirable, provided they are free from screenings and 

 rancidity. 



Schumacher s stock food dxHexs somewhat from many in that it fre- 

 quently contains some barley residue, and that rather more of its pro- 

 tein is derived from oat middlings. It is usually sweet, although the 

 presence of so much fiber in the present samples (10.75 P^^ cent) 

 lessens its nutritive value. At $2,2, per ton it may be used as 

 an oat substitute for horses, but it is decidedly expensive for other 

 stock. It is believed that corn and hominy meals or mixtures of 

 corn and wheat middlings are more economical for dairy stock and 

 swine than any of the so-called stock foods. The better grades may 

 often be used as an oat substitute for horses, provided the prices 

 warrant it. 



With one exception the fortified starchy feeds 



Fortified Starchy were intended as a feed for horses, and consisted 



Feeds. of corn and oat residues, together with wheat 



Page 29. middlings or similar material, which is used 



to increase the protein percentage. The more 



important brands collected were Quaker Dairy, Husted, O. K., Al- 



grane and Corno. The remarks made relative to the corn and oat 



feeds, apply with equal force to the fortified feeds. 



The oat feeds collected averaged over 23 per cent 



Oat Feeds. in fiber content. By actual trial the poorer quali- 



Page 29. ties of oat feeds have been found to contain only 



40 pounds of digestible matter to the hundred, as 



against 89 pounds in case of corn meal. Why use oat feed at $28 



a ton when corn meal can be bought for $30 ? 



