360 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



are the residuum of glucose manufacture, when corn is used as a basis of 

 the manufacture during the process of starch separation from the grain. After 

 a proper soaking, lasting for several hours, etc., there follows a straining 

 through bolting cloths, the germs and hulls being thus separated. The 

 product may be dried and in some cases submitted to a preliminary treatment 

 with naphtha to remove the oil, and this product is known as gluten feed. 

 When the final residuum in the settling tanks after the oil is extracted is com- 

 bined with the germs, it is sold as gluten meals. It is to be noted that the 

 latter contain between 24 and 38 per cent, protein and an average of 8 per 

 cent, fat, the former contain 12 to 24 per cent, protein and an average of 12.5 

 per cent. fat. The introduction of gluten meals and feeds lias met with some 

 difficulty owing to the possibility of their containing a certain percentage of 

 sulphuric acid, which might be pernicious to the general health of the animal. 

 The question is open to discussion. The product has at present the approval 

 of most of the leading authorities of the country. The difference between the 

 gluten meals and feeds that must not be overlooked is that the former contain 

 more protein than the latter. 



Glycogen. This substance is a carbohydrate and is formed in the liver. 



Glycose is another name for glucose. 



Gram is equal to 0.035 ounce; it is one thousandth part of a kilogram. 



Gullet. In ruminants the passage between the mouth and first stomach. 



Glims In rations in general, gums are frequently formed in very small 

 quantities; but in certain cases they must be taken into account. While gurns 

 are digestible, modern experiments give very little information as to their 

 nutritive value. 



Hectare is two and a half acres (2.5 acres). 



Hemoglobin is a crystalline substance existing in the corpuscles of 

 blood, and to which their color is due; it is one of the oxygen carriers in the 

 circulation. 



Herbivorous is a name given to those animals that feed on vegetation. 



Hydraulic pressing. During the early periods of beet sngar manu- 

 facture, the finely divided beet pulp was submitted to the action of hydraulic 

 presses, but these machines have now become obsolete. 



Hydroscopic. Property of absorbing moisture from the air. 



Intestines. Food during the process of being digested passes in its 

 journey through the body through a final canal, known as the intestines. 



Invert sugar is a saccharine substance found in honey; it may be ob- 

 tained by submitting cane sugar to the action of dilute acids. 



Kilogram. One kilogram is equivalent to 2.2 Ibs. 



Kilogrammeter means the mechanical work capable of raising one 

 kilo to the height of one meter. A horse-power is represented by 75 kilo- 

 grammeters produced in one second. On the other hand, 425 kilogrammeters 



