202 PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



Malt sprouts are the dried rootlets obtained from the 

 barley used for the manufacture of malt. They are not 

 very palatable, but they contain a considerable amount 

 of crude protein, — 26 per cent, a large proportion of which 

 is in the form of non-protein. They may be fed in moderate 

 quantities, 2 or 3 pounds per day, to milch cows. They also 

 may be used in limited quantities in the rations of other farm 

 animals. They usually are soaked in water several hours 

 before feeding. They should always be fed with more 

 palatable feeds. 



MISCELLANEOUS CEREAL BY-PRODUCTS 



Oats By-products. — The principal by-products of oats are 

 shorts, middUngs, and hulls, from the oatmeal and breakfast 

 food factories, and oat clippings, obtained in the manufac- 

 ture of cUpped oats. 



Oat shorts consist of the seed coats of the oat grain lying 

 immediately inside the hull, being a fuzzy material carrying 

 with it considerable portions of the fine, floury part of the 

 groat (i.e. the hulless oat berry) obtained in the milling of 

 rolled oats. 



Oat middlings are the floury portions of the oat groat 

 obtained in the milling of rolled oats. Oat shorts and 

 middlings are quite valuable as feeds when obtainable. 

 They may be used in the same manner as wheat shorts and 

 middlings. 



Oat hulls, although not a concentrate, can best be dis- 

 cussed here. The hulls are the outer chaffy coverings of 

 the oat grains. They are quite low in digestible nutrients 

 and are no more valuable for feeding than so much straw. 

 Oat hulls and corn are often ground together and sold as 



