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PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



considerably more cheaply than the corresponding wheat 



by-products. 



Rye feed. — Rye bran, shorts, and middlings are often 



mixed together and marketed as rye feed. 



Distillers' grains from rye are much inferior to those from 



corn. However, most of the grains on the market consist 



largely of corn. The 

 feed should bear the 

 name of the cereal 

 predominating. 



Rice By-products. — 

 The rice by-products 

 are of considerable im- 

 portance in the South, 

 but of little importance 

 in the corn-belt. 



Rice hulls are the 

 outer chaffy coverings 

 of the rice grain. Their 

 feeding value is not only 

 very low but they are 

 dangerous to the animal, 

 as they irritate the walls 



of the digestive tract. They are sometimes used in mixed 



commercial feeds. 



Rice bran is the cuticle beneath the hull. It soon be- 

 comes rancid and unpalatable, but is a good feed for cattle 



and horses when not rancid. 



Rice polish is the finely powder 3d material obtained in 



poHshing the kernel. It has a feedina; value about equal to 



corn. 



Fio. 48. — Buckwheat in bloom. (Livinji;- 

 ston, Field Crop Production.) 



