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hulls should in some way be prevented by official in- 

 spection. Farmers will do well to carefully inquire 

 into the character of the so-called oat feeds and mixed 

 feeds offered to them. These articles are often oat 

 hulls, poor oats and other refuse mixed with corn or 

 with by - products of an- 

 other class and are dis- 

 tinctly inferior to the 

 whole grains. Such low 

 grade mixtures are not 

 wisely purchased at prices 

 nearly equal to those rul- 

 ing for whole cereal grains 4 , 

 of any kind. 



Other grains besides 

 oats are used as the source 

 o f specially prepared 

 human food. Barley feed, 

 a by - product from the 

 manufacture of pearled 

 barley, like oat feed con- 

 sists of the hulls and por- 

 tions of the grain and 

 contains more fiber and 

 less starch than the origi- 

 nal grain, its value being proportionately less. Hominy 

 is made from corn and consists of the hard portions of 

 the kernel, leaving as a residue the hull, germ, and part 

 of the starch cells, which collectively are sold as hominy 

 feed or chop. This differs from the whole kernel but 

 little in composition and is practically as digestible. 





Fig. 7. Partial section of oat grain 

 (enlarged 170 diameters). 



0. Hull. 4. Gluten cells. 



1. Seed coat. 5. Starch cells. 



