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than those containing high percentages. Excess of fat tends to 

 produce inflammation of the milk glands (garget) . 



All of the gluten meals, Iowa excepted, are very low in fiber; 

 these products are classed with the cotton and linseed meals as the 

 most concentrated feed stuffs. They are heavy and when fed in 

 any quantity should be mixed with some lighter material, such as 

 bran. 



Gluten Feeds. 



The gluten feeds consist of the hull, germ and gluten of the 

 corn mixed and coarsely ground together. They contain more 

 fiber and fat and less protein than the gluten meals. They are 

 more bulky and are safer to feed by themselves than the gluten 

 meals. 



Table V. 



Average Composition of Gluten Feeds. 



[Figures equal percentages or pounds per hundred.] 



Brands. 



Buffalo gluten feed (old process), . 



Buffalo gluten feed (improved process), 



American Glucose Co., Peoria, 111. 



Peoria gluten feed, .... 



Peoria Grape Sugar Co., Peoria, 111. 



Diamond gluten feed, .... 

 Rockford Sugar Refining Co., Rock- 

 ford. 111. 



Chicago maize feed 



Chicago Sugar Refining Co , Chicago, 

 111. 



Atlas gluten, 



Atlas Distilling Co., Peoria, 111. 



Dried brewers' grain (high protein). 

 Dried brewers' grain (low protein), 



6.7 



7.6 



7.3 



7.5 

 11.0 



12.3 

 10.2 



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The improved Buffalo gluten feed is said to be produced by in- 

 creasing the percentage of ash, the recovery and addition of some 

 of the gluten formerly lost, and in the extraction of the fat. The 

 one analysis of improved feed given above bears out this state- 

 ment. The Chicago maize feed has less fat and rather more pro- 

 tein than the ordinary gluten feeds. 



Atlas Gluten Meal* so called (better gluten feed), is quite differ- 

 ent from the regular glutens. It is the by-product resulting from 



* Atlas feed and brewers' grain are not corn by-products. They consist of hulls, 

 germ and gluten of different grains, and the process of preparation is different from 

 the regular gluten feeds. It is thought best, however, to speak of them at this time. 



