52 BY-PRODUCT FEEDING STUFFS 



It is a good feed for horses also if fed with corn to 

 add bulk to the heavy corn ration. Bran is often made 

 into a mash and given to horses as a laxative. The practice 

 of feeding this mash regularly, whether the animal needs 

 it or not, is now looked upon with disfavor. 



For all classes of young and growing animals, bran is one 

 of the safest and best of feeds. 



Wheat Middlings. — In the process of milhng, after the 

 bran is taken off, the next part that is removed is known as 

 " middlings." This is the part of the kernel between the 

 coarse bran and the finer flour beneath. Shorts and mid- 

 dlings are terms used interchangeably. Middlings are high 

 both in protein and mineral matter, being somewhat lower 

 in the latter than bran. When middlings are clean and free 

 from mill sweepings, they make an excellent feeding stuff, 

 especially valuable for hogs when mixed with ground corn. 

 They are not so good as bran for dairy cows. 



Red Dog, or Coarse Feeding Flour. — This material is hner 

 and whiter than middlings, but does not command so high 

 a price as flour because it contains many wheat germs which 

 give to it a dark color. When this material can be bought 

 for a reasonable figure, it is good feed for hogs if mixed 

 with coarser feeding stuft's and fed in the form of a slop. 



Buckwheat Middlings and Bran. — In the manufacture 

 of buckwheat flour, the coarse hulls and the coarser parts 

 on the outside of the grain are separated from the finer flour 

 beneath. Buckwheat middlings form a valuable feeding 

 stuff. When they can be obtained free from woody hulls, 

 they rank in value with wheat bran and middlings as a feed- 

 ing stuff for dairy cattle. When the hulls are mixed with 

 middlings, buckwheat bran is formed, the value of which is 

 lessened as the proportion of hulls is increased. 



