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gluten meal that does not contain corn hulls or other 

 waste products is also useful as a part of the meal ration 

 for poultry. Gluten meal is a concentrated food, rich in 

 protein, nearly all of which is digestible. Not more 

 than 10% of a ration should consist of this meal. 



The germ of the corn is rarely sold separate from the 

 other by-products. Like gluten meal, it should be fed 

 sparingly to fowls. 



Gluten feed, which is much more commonly sold than 

 either gluten meal or the corn germs, is made by grind- 

 ing the germs, hulls, and gluten together. Gluten feed, 

 although not so rich in protein as either the gluten meal 

 or corn germs, should not be fed too liberally to poultry. 



Hominy Chop. Hominy is made from the hard or 

 flinty part of the corn. The hulls, corn germs, and some 

 gluten left after the hominy is made, are ground into 

 coarse meal and sold as hominy chop, which, if of 

 good quality, is fully equal in value to corn meal as a 

 poultry food. Like the value of all grain by-products, 

 the value of hominy chop depends on its quality, and 

 it should not contain too much crude fiber. 



Corn Cobs. The coarse meal made from corn cobs 

 cannot be prepared in any way that fits it for food. 

 It has about the same chemical composition as straw, 

 and as food for poultry both corn cobs and straw are 

 valueless. 



MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS AND SEEDS 

 Kafir Corn. Both Kafir corn, or dari, and broom corn 

 belong to the sorghum family of plants. The fact that 

 Kafir corn is used largely as food by people of Africa 

 and in other countries is evidence of its nutritive value, 

 Kafir corn being, in this respect, about equal to barley 

 or buckwheat. Kafir-corn grains are very hard; tests 

 made by the feeding of old, very dry grains to fowls 

 show that many of them passed through the fowls with- 

 out being broken up. The same grains resisted for a 

 time an effort to soften them by boiling. When broken 

 into bits, however, the small pieces could be eaten and 



