Feeding Dairy Cattle 



all the germ without the extraction of the oil. Gluten feed 

 is one of the very finest of the high protein feeds just as 

 hominy is the ideal low protein feed for milk production. 



DISTILLERS' DRIED GRAINS 



This feed is practically gone. Dairymen will gain from 

 prohibition particularly if they all hold together and boom 

 milk as the great natural health drink but they have lost one 

 of the best high protein feeds. Little space will be taken 

 here for discussion of distillers' dried, grains but it is of 

 interest to mention them because of the principles in their 

 manufacture. In manufacturing alcohol from corn nothing 

 is taken out except the starch so that in distillers' grains we 

 have left the corn bran, the gluten or protein, and all the 

 germ. Therefore, distillers' dried grains from corn are high 

 in protein, low in carbohydrates and high in fat. The large 

 amount of fat left in them causes them to run high in total 

 digestible nutrients. The starch is so much more completely 

 separated out in the process of distilling that the protein 

 runs higher than in gluten feed and the fiber is also some- 

 what higher. A thorough fundamental understanding of 

 every feed can be had if we stop to think of the analysis and 

 makeup of the original cereal with which we start and then 

 think out what part is taken out in the manufacturing 

 process and what parts are left in the by-products. 



A NEW BY-PRODUCT FROM CORN 



Maltose syrup or sugar is being manufactured from corn. 

 As I understand the process, although T have not visited a 

 factory as yet, the germs will all be left in this case and 

 nothing but starch taken from the corn kernel. If this is 

 the correct understanding then the by-product from maltose 

 manufacture will closely resemble distillers' grains from corn. 

 I have seen a sample of this by-product and it resembles 

 distillers' grains quite closely. 



Distillers' grains have one quahty which gluten lacks; 

 namely, a fine mechanical bulky condition. This new corn 

 maltose by-product has that good quality of bulkiness. 

 Gluten manufacturers might well try to turn out gluten feed 

 in this bulky condition. 



This completes the discussion of the feeds derived from 

 the corn plant. It is the greatest plant friend of the dairy 

 farmer and I hope this description may help others to under- 

 stand just a little better some of the products we get from 

 corn. 



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