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nitrogenous than corn waste, and may thus be properly 

 mixed with poor hay, or even straw, if fed fresh. One 

 great fault in using it has been in not feeding sufficient 

 hay with it. This is a waste from barley, and has a 

 nutritive ratio of one to three ; and, when properly com- 

 bined in the ration, is good food for either milk or flesh. 

 (See rations given in a future chapter. ) 



MALT SPROUTS. This is a refuse that comes from malt 

 in drying the barley having sprouted, these fine filaments 

 break off in handling, after drying. These sprouts are 

 very nitrogenous, having a nutritive ratio of 2.2, and, being 

 quite dry, may be kept any length of time, and transported 

 in sacks. This waste may be used to good advantage with 

 some food poor in albuminoids. 



MEAT SCRAP. This is produced in considerable quanti- 

 ties from some pork-packing establishments, being the res- 

 idue of lard-making ; and, when thoroughly dried, may 

 be ground fine, and is sometimes used as a food for cattle, 

 mixed with hay, roots and corn-meal. It is so extremely 

 rich in albuminoids, that only a small proportion can be 

 economically used, as it contains twice the proportion of 

 nitrogen as cotton-seed cake; but it is not difficult of 

 digestion in small quantity. Meat scrap from cattle and 

 sheep, made almost wholly from the intestines, is also in 

 the market in a sweet condition, and has been fed to good 

 account. This will only be found in the Northern States 

 bordering on the Atlantic, and, at present, is not very 

 important. 



FISH SCRAP. In working up fish for oil, there is a very 

 large quantity of scrap ; and if the process is conducted in 

 a cleanly way as is the case at some of the works the 

 dry product, ground, has been proved to be entirely whole- 

 some for cattle, mingled with other food, and it has been 

 found to aid essentially in the fattening process. There 



