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Composition of Rice Powsh 



In the above samples of rice polish the protein varied from 

 10 to 15.5 per cent., the fat from 4.5 to 14.3 per cent, and the 

 fiber from 0.4 to 5.0 per cent. 



Wheat Mixed Feed is a mixture of wheat bran and wheat 

 middlings in varying proportions and it should contain 16 per 

 cent, of protein. This feed is sometimes called shipstuff, al- 

 though this latter name is applied to any wheat feed, ground 

 fine. 



Analyses of Some Pure Wheat Products 



Wheat Admixtures are made up of wheat products, corn, 

 ground corn cobs, corn bran, rice products, oat hulls, ground 

 peanut hulls, etc. A wheat admixture is not sold under this 

 name but as mixed feed, shipstuff, or under some trade name 

 as Dixie Feed, etc., and for example may contain wheat screen- 

 ings, ground wheat bran, corn bran and rice bran. 



In purchasing this class of feed the consumer generally pays 

 almost as much as for the genuine wheat products. Most of 

 these feeds are so finely ground that it is almost impossible 

 to distinguish them from wheat shorts, unless the purchaser 

 is very familiar with the physical appearance of wheat products. 

 There is no doubt that many of these feeds are sold as pure 



