FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 6$ 



GLUTEN MEALS AND FEEDS. 



Gluten meals and gluten feeds are by-products left in the 

 manufacture of starch and glucose from Indian corn. Corn 

 consists largely of starch. The waste product in the manufac- 

 ture of starch or sugar is relatively much richer in oil and protein 

 than is corn. Most factories are removing part of the corn oil 

 from the waste, so that nearly all the gluten meals carry much 

 less oil than they did a few years ago. Gluten feeds differ from 

 gluten meals in that they contain a good deal of the corn bran, 

 and hence relatively less of protein and digestible carbohydrates, 

 and more of the indigestible woody fiber. 



Evidently the manufacturers are not finding it as profitable 

 to make gluten meal as gluten feed, and this probably accounts 

 for the decreased amounts found in the market. For the most 

 part the gluten meals and feeds fall below the guarantee in protein 

 and overrun somewhat in fat. 



BILES FOUREX. 



Biles Fourex is dried distillers grains — a new feed for Maine. 

 The Norton-Chapman Company of Portland are the New Eng- 

 land agents for these goods. The manufacturers guarantee the 

 goods to carry 33 per cent protein and 1 1 per cent fat. Twenty 

 samples sent to and collected by the Station have varied from 

 29 to 36 per cent of protein. 



A FEEDING TEST WITH BILES FOUREX. 



From a car shipped to Bangor one ton was sent to the Station, 

 which was used in a feeding trial with milch cows. This lot 

 carried 34.88 per cent protein. 



When the Fourex was received the Station herd was being 

 fed corn silage, mixed hay, and a grain mixture, composed 

 of 200 pounds wheat bran, 200 pounds cotton seed meal, and 100 

 pounds linseed meal. This grain mixture carried about 30 per 

 cent protein and cost about $25 per ton. A mixture of 300 

 pounds Fourex and 50 pounds of bran carries 30 per cent of 

 protein and costs about $27 per ton. This mixture was fed in 

 comparison with the oil meal mixture. 



From the herd we selected 3 grade Holstein cows, 2 Jersey 

 heifers and i Guernsey heifer, all in milk for about 3 months, 

 and who, according to their records, were doing a moderate 



