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Screenings. — From the cleaning of the wheat before it 

 is ground and from material swept from the mill floor, a 

 by-product known as screenings is obtained. This ma- 

 terial varies in feeding value according to the relative 

 amount of grain and waste material which it contains. 

 Large numbers of sheep are annually fattened upon screen- 

 ings as part of their diet. 



Rice Bran. — In the milUng of rice, the harsh outside hulls 

 are removed, which, with some of the material adhering to 

 them, form rice bran. The hulls themselves are valueless 

 as a feed. The value of the bran depends upon the amount 

 of rice meal it contains. The hulls are often ground fine 

 and mixed with the meal so that their presence cannot be 

 easily detected. In purchasing rice by-products one should 

 always be guided by the chemical analysis. 



BY-PRODUCTS FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF 

 CEREAL FOODS 



Oat Hulls. — In the manufacture of oatmeal the outside 

 husk is removed. These hulls are high in crude fiber and 

 have about the same feeding value as oat straw. They are 

 often used to adulterate ground corn, in which combination 

 they are put upon the market as ground corn and oats. 

 While a great many of these so-called ground corn and oats 

 mixtures are good feeds, many of them are too high in crude 

 fiber to be of value. 



Barley Feeds. — Pearl barley is a cereal food made from 

 the barley grain. For this purpose only the best of the 

 grains are used from which the outside hulls are removed. 

 These hulls are used to adulterate the poorer grains, unfit 

 for pearling purposes, and the ground combination forms a 

 barley feed. The hulls may also be mixed with other grains 



