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Feeds and Feeding. 



the owners of such animals as well. Whenever one is in doubt he 

 should purchase only the pure unmixed grains, standard mill or fac- 

 tory by-products, or proprietary feeds of the highest grade that have 

 Avon a good reputation, always remembering that, as a rule, the high- 

 est priced concentrates are usually the cheapest. 



346. Standards. — Lindsey of the Massachusetts Station^ gives the 

 following standards of quality for first-class commercial feeding 

 stuffs bearing the different names : 



Standards for commercial feeding stuffs. 



Feeding stuffs 



Feeds rich in crude protein 



Blood meal 



Cotton-seed meal (high grade) 



Cotton-seed meal (medium grade) 



Cotton-seed meal (low grade) 



Linseed meal (n. p.) 



Linseed meal (o. p.) .-. 



Gluten meal 



Gluten feed 



Germ meal 



Dried distillers' grains 



Malt sprouts 



Dried brewers' grains .-- 



Wheat middlings (flour) 



Wheat middlings (standard) 



Wheat mixed feed 



Wheat bran 



Oat middlings 



Rye feed ,.. 



Starchy [carbohydrate) feeds 



Ground oats 



Ground wheat 



Barley meal 



Rye meal 



Corn meal 



Hominy meal - - 



Provender 



Com and oat feed 



Fortified oat feed . _ . 



Oat feed 



Corn bran 



Dried beet pulp - 



The crude protein and fat set forth in the table represent valuable 

 parts of the feeds, while the fiber indicates the woody and more or 

 less inert, useless matter. Accordingly, the higher a feed is in crude 

 protein and fat above the standard and the more it falls below it in 

 fiber the better is that feed. 



Bill. 120. 



