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starch into sugar. After the formation of the diastase, 

 which requires a certain number of days, the barley is dried, 

 and the sprouts removed by machinery and sold for cattle 

 feed. The barley is now termed malt. 



Table VI. 



Average Composition of Miscellaneous Feeds. 

 [Figiu-es equal percentages or pounds per hundred.] 



Division II. 



Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye and Indian Corn. — But very 

 little need be said relative to the grains. They are con- 

 centrated feeds from which many of the concentrated by- 

 products are derived. They are all very rich in starchy 

 material and poor in protein and fibre.* Wheat, oats and 

 barley contain as a rule 1 to 2 per cent more protein than 

 corn and rye. Different varieties vary more or less in 

 quality within narrow limits. Climatic conditions and fer- 

 tility of soil also exert a very noticeable influence on the 

 quality of the grains. 



* Except oats, which contain 9 to 10 per cent of fibre. 



