MAIZE GRAIN AS FOOT) 



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that nutrient. It makes a very good quality of butter, but CHAP, 

 slightly softer than that made from cotton-seed meal, when XIV - 

 fed at the rate of 3 lbs. per day. The rations in this test con- 

 sisted of: — 



(1) Gluten meal, 3 lbs.; maize meal, 2 lbs.; bran, 2 lbs.; 

 timothy hay, 15 lbs. ; silage, 20 lbs. 



(2) Cotton-seed meal, 2 lbs. ; maize meal, 2\ lbs. ; bran, 

 3 lbs. ; timothy hay, 15 lbs. ; silage, 20 lbs. 



The Cornell (U.S.A.) Station {Bull. 89) found that for 

 feeding pigs a combination of gluten meal and maize meal 

 was about 7 per cent superior to wheat meal, when both were 

 fed in connection with skim milk. 



The Ohio (U.S.A.) Station {Bull. 60) found that gluten 

 meal was of approximately equal feeding value, pound for 

 pound, with oil meal, for fattening steers, and that the one 

 which can be bought for the least money is the one to use. 



The Virginia (U.S.A.) Station {Bull. 156), comparing the 

 feeding value of gluten meal and cotton-seed meal, concluded 

 that they have nearly the same value for milk production ; the 

 results of the investigation are shown in the following table : — 



Table CXIX. 



RELATIVE FEEDING VALUE OF GLUTEN MEAL AND COTTON- 

 SEED MEAL. 



Cost per ton 



Per cent of protein . 



Coefficient ot digestion . 



Per cent digestible protein 



Protein on unit basis (equivalent) 



Cost per 100 lbs. of digestible protein 



828-40 

 36-25 

 8g-oo 

 32-26 



103-00 

 4-40 



Gluten Meal. Cotton-seed Meal. 



827-00 

 37-81 

 88-oo 



33-2/ 

 ioo-oo 



4-05 



673. Maize " Germ".- — The embryo of the maize-grain is 

 rich in oil and protein (T1614). The oil is usually extracted 

 for commercial purposes, and the residue, in the form of cake 

 or meal, used for stock-food ; these by-products are highly 

 concentrated foodstuffs and 

 quantity, but mixed with other grain feeds 



should never be fed in large 



