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Oat feed is a by-product of the breakfast food 



Oat Feeds. factories, and consists largely of oat hulls to- 



Page 30. gather with more or less oat middlings, light 



oats, sweepings and chaff. It is usually very 



low in protein and quite high in fiber. Such material is often used 



by local millers as a component of provender or other mixtures. 



The price asked for oat feed is usually considerably in excess of its 



feeding value. Its value, comparatively speaking, is no greater than 



that of an average quality of hay. 



Here are classified feeds which contain more or 

 Alfalfa Feeds, less ground alfalfa, the use of which as a com- 

 Page 29. ponent of feed mixtures is becoming quite com- 



mon. Feeders cannot affonitopay gfain prices 

 for alfalfa hay, it being decidedly more economical to purchase the 

 high grade concentrates unmixed, and to depend for roughage upon 

 home grown English, alfalfa and clover hays, and corn silage. 



Corno Horse and Mule Feed, with alfalfa as a component, fell only 

 slightly below its guarantee of 10 per cent protein, and 3.50 per cent 

 fat. The average analysis of two samples collected was protein 

 9.46 per cent, fat 3.64 per cent, and fiber 13.56 per cent. 



Kornfalfa 7'm/ consists of alfalfa, corn and oats. This sample fell 

 below its guarantee but, according to the statement of the manufac- 

 turers, it represented one of the early shipments, and the guarantee 

 is now maintained. 



Sylva Stock Food has been withdrawn from the market. 



Otto Wiess Alfalfa Stock Food, according to a statement on the 

 tags, is made up of alfalfa, corn chop, bran, shorts, linseed oil meal, 

 and three-fourths of a per cent of salt. It practically maintained its 

 guarantee of protein and fat. 



Otto Wiess Alfalfa Oat Food consisted of alfalfa, oats, corn chop, 

 bran, linseed oil meal and three-fourths of a per cent of salt. It 

 maintained its guarantee of protein and fat, and our examination 

 substantially confirms the statement of composition. 



These feeds ranged in price from $34 to $38 a ton, and must be 

 considered very expensive as a feed for dairy stock. Neither are 

 they particularly economical as an oat substitute for horses. 



