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Provender. Thirty samples of provender were 

 Corn and Oat examined. It is believed that they were free 

 Feeds. from adulteration. On account of the relative 



Pages 26-28. price of corn and oats, millers occasionally use 

 considerably more corn than oats. The aver- 

 age analysis of 17 samples of ground oats showed an average fiber 

 content of 8.47 per cent. The average fiber content of 93 samples 

 of corn meal was 1.9 per cent. A mixture of corn and oats, whose 

 fiber content closely approaches that of oats, may fairly be regarded 

 as adulterated with oat residues made up largely of oat hulls. 



Corn and Oat Feeds. Under this heading are grouped mixtures 

 containing corn or hominy meal, together with oat hulls, light oats 

 and oat middlings. Other cereals and by-products are occasionally 

 present, but no mixtures are included which contain over 12 per 

 cent protein. When such feeds are free from mold and rancidity, 

 and do not contain over 10 per cent fiber, they can often be profita- 

 bly used in the feeding of horses, but they are not economical con- 

 stituents of the dairy ration. With one exception, these mixtures 

 ranged in price from $29 to $34 a ton. The Imperial feed retailed 

 for $40, and was a straight corn and oat product, in which the corn 

 predominated. 



Provender, as the term is understood locally, means a mixture of 

 straight corn and oats ground together. The term as used in con- 

 nection with Oneonta corn and oat provender is misleading, the latter 

 being a mixture of corn together with oat by-products. Charlestock, 

 Special, Red Tag A, Red Tag B, De Fi and New England Stock 

 feeds, while they contained over 12 per cent fiber, indicating the 

 presence of a large amount of oat hulls, sold for as much as feeds 

 which contained less of the latter material. 



Under this heading are grouped those feeds 

 Fortified Starchy consisting of some carbohydrate or starchy 

 Feeds. base, usually corn and oat residues, to which 



Page 29. has been added a little high grade protein con- 



centrate in order to increase the protein per- 

 centage. These mixtures contain from 12 to 15 per cent protein. 

 They are intended, more particularly, for horses, and if clear and 

 siveet can be considered reasonably satisfactory as an oat substitute. 

 The price asked was about the same as for the corn and oat feeds. 

 The station does not recommend them as economical for dairy 

 animals. 



