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may be given up to 6 lbs. per head per day, either 

 moistened or scalded. 



In the same manner and quantities they are 

 given to draught oxen and fattening bullocks, 

 whilst working horses may be given 6 lbs., and sheep 

 up to \ lb., of the dried coombs. Fattening pigs 

 can take up to 2 lbs., foals according to their age 

 \-2 lbs. dry, and calves up to 4 lbs. scalded. Animals 

 that are pregnant or suckling should only have 

 small amounts, for the malt coombs are said to cause 

 abortion and, in the case of the calves, scouring ; 

 young pigs have also been upset by this food. It 

 is possible that a slightly poisonous substance, 

 " Hordenin," which has been recently discovered 

 in the coombs, may cause these disturbances of 

 health. 



Brewers grains are the waste products left 

 after the mashing of barley or some similar starchy 

 material, such as maize, rice, potatoes, etc. They 

 can be fed either fresh or dried, and amongst the 

 latter the lighter, less strongly heated, and there- 

 fore more digestible samples are to be preferred. 

 Good dried brewers' grains ought to be free from 

 particles of carbon, and they should have a pleasant 

 smell, resembling fresh bread. When they are 

 stirred with warm water they ought not to have 

 a sour or musty smell. When fresh, even when 

 still warm, brewers' grains are a very palatable 

 and useful food, but they easily become sour and 



