5° 



AVERAGE ANALYSIS. 



No. samples, 41 



Protein (per cent), 8.85 



Fat (per cent), 3.59 



Fiber (per cent), 1.88 



Price a ton, $30.79 



Ground oats. Eight samples of ground oats were analyzed, all of 

 which were free from adulteration. The highest fiber content was 

 that obtained from a sample of whole oats which was of an excep- 

 tionally fine appearance. 



Hominy meal is a pure corn by-product, from 



Hominy Meal, which part of the seed has been removed in 



Pages 23-25. the manufacture of hominy and brewers' grits. 



It has substantially the same feeding value and 

 can be substituted for corn meal wherever the latter can be used to 

 advantage. It contains slightly more protein and considerably more 

 fiber and fat than clear corn, and correspondingly less starchy mat- 

 ter. In every case, so far as determined, the hominy collected was 

 free from adulteration except in the case of the Star brand, in which 

 the fact that this article contained ground corn cob was plainly stated 

 upon the guarantee tag. 



The average retail prices as given by dealers showed that hominy 

 meal sold for about one dollar per ton more than corn meal. The 

 Star brand brought practically the same price as corn meal, but could 

 not be considered as valuable. It does not show good business 

 sense to pay $30.00 or more per ton for an article containing ground 

 cobs in any considerable proportion. 



AVERAGE ANALYSES AND RETAIL PRICES. 



