CHAPTER X. 



MINOR CEREALS, OIL-BEARING AND LEGUMINOUS SEEDS, 

 AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS. 



I. Rice and its By-products. 



The prodnetion of rice is steadily increasing in Louisiana and 

 Texas, where it already forms a most important industry. While, 

 like wheat, this cereal is grown strictly for human food, neverthe- 

 less the waste and the by-products which remain in preparing it 

 for the use of man have value and should be conserved for nour- 

 ishing farm animals. Rice is the richest of all cereals in carbo- 

 hydrates, while relatively low in crude protein and fat. 



l'79. Rice and by-products. — According to Fraps of the Texas 

 Station,^ a sack of rice, weighing 162 lbs., yields the following 

 products ; 



Clean rice .- 100.0 pounds 



Rice polish 6.3 pounds 



Rice bran 20.2 pounds 



Rice hulls 32.1 pounds 



Loss 3.4 pounds 



Total __ 162.0 pounds 



The Texas Station- found that after being ground damaged rice 

 had about one-half the value of cotton-seed meal as a feed for fat- 

 tening steers. Red rice, a pest in rice fields, equals the cultivated 

 grain in feeding value. When true to name, rice meal is the most 

 nutritious of rice feeds, containing a fair amount of crude protein 

 and a large amount of fat. Rice polish is composed of the floury 

 particles which result from polishing the kernels to produce a 

 pearly luster. It has a feeding value equal to corn, but its use 

 in the arts removes it largely from the list of farm feeding stuffs. 



Dodson of the Louisiana Station^ values ground whole rice at 



7 and hulled rice at 16 per ct. more than corn. No ill effects have 

 been known to follow feeding ground rough rice. Many farmers 

 feed sheep rice. For a 1000-lb. horse a ration might be made from 



8 lbs. of rice, 2 lbs. of cotton-seed meal, 10 lbs. of black strap molas- 



^ Bill. 73. = Bui. 86. ' Louisiana Planter, 44, 6, p. 92. 



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