DESCRIPTION OF FEEDING-STUFFS 205 



Fattening animals may be given up to 65, cows up 

 to 50, and pigs up to 20 lbs., whilst less of the dry 

 pressed pulp, which often contains slaked lime, 

 is naturally required. This food is given in a 

 boiled state to pigs, other animals get it raw, but 

 slightly warmed. The dry ground pulp, which 

 contains lime, is given in quantities of 6-8 lbs. to 

 horses and fattening stock, and 5 lbs. to cows with- 

 out any drawback ; young animals ought only to 

 have it as accessory food. The juice from the 

 potatoes, which only contains 0-2-0-6% of dry 

 matter, quickly goes bad, and is not worth 

 feeding. 



In the old-fashioned fermentation process for 

 the manufacture of starch from wheat, the starch 

 was freed from the husks, germs, and gluten, and 

 afterwards was purified by means of centrifuges 

 or settling. According to the newer methods the 

 flour alone is used, not the whole grain, and the 

 starch is separated by means of sieves, leaving as 

 by-product a very pure, sweet gluten. The waste 

 products mentioned contain a lot of water, and soon 

 undergo decomposition. In the fresh state they 

 are fed to oxen, cows, and pigs, but the gluten is 

 the only material to be dried as a rule, and it is 

 too dear for cattle, food, just as maize and rice 

 gluten are. 



Rice which is to be used for making starch is 

 soaked in dilute caustic soda, which dissolves to a 



