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partial extraction of the oil, and a part of the starchy 

 portion of the white corn kernel obtained in the manu- 

 facture of hominy, hominy grits and corn germ meal 

 by the degerminating process." Yellow hominy feed is 

 identical to the above except that it is manufactured 

 from yellow corn. 



Hominy feed has a composition very similar to corn 

 and is to be regarded, therefore, as a substitute and not 

 a supplement for corn. Being low in protein and rich 

 in carbohydrates, it must be balanced, like corn, by the 

 addition of a feed rich in protein if satisfactory results 

 are obtained from it. 



From 1909 to 1911, Skinner and King of the Indiana 

 Experiment Station ^ conducted seven trials in each of 

 which corn-meal and hominy meal were compared for 

 fattening pigs in the dry lot. In three of the experi- 

 ments, 33 per cent of shorts was fed to balance the rations 

 and in four 5 per cent of tankage. In all cases the rations 

 were hand-fed in the form of a thick slop. The sum- 

 marized results are shown in Table CXLI. 



Table CXLI. — Hominy Meal versus Cobn-Meal 

 (Av. 7 trials) 



' Bull. 158. 



