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102. Linseed Meal. This valuable feed is the residue 

 aftei 1 linseed oil is extracted from flaxseed. It ranks next 

 to cottonseed meal in protein, and on the market usually 

 sell? for a little more. It seems to exert a very favorable 

 effei t upon animals of all kinds. Like cottonseed meal, it 

 is especially valuable as a means of supplying the protein 

 usually lacking in the farm-grown ration. 



103. Gluten Feed. This is a by-product from starch 

 and glucose factories. It consists of the corn grain after the 

 starch is extracted. In protein content it ranks about 

 midway between bran and oil meal, and is a palatable and 

 valuable feed. 



104. Beet Pulp and Molasses. Formerly beet pulp was 

 fed to cattle in the neighborhood of beet-sugar factories, 

 but now much of it is dried. The feeding value of dried beet 

 pulp is a little less per pound than corn, which it resembles 

 in the relative amount of protein and carbohydrates present. 

 It swells greatly when moistened and cannot be pressed into 

 a compact mass. For this reason it is easily digested and 

 is valuable to lighten up a grain ration that otherwise would 

 form a mass in the stomach not easily penetrated by the 

 digestive juices. 



Low-grade molasses is another by-product of cane and 

 beet-sugar factories. It is often sold in combination with 

 other feeds, such as beet pulp and alfalfa hay, and sometimes 

 with nearly worthless materials such as peanut hulls, weed 

 seeds, cocoa waste, or peat moss. Molasses serves a useful 

 purpose in making unpalatable feeds more readily consumed. 

 Unfortunately it is too often used to disguise material of 

 little or no feeding value. 



105. Brewers' Grains. Fresh brewers' grains are fed in 

 large quantities where they may be hauled directly from the 



