CORN PRODUCTS 



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Com-and-Cob Meal. — When the cob is ground with the corn 

 the product is called corn-and-cob meal. No matter how fine 

 the cob is reduced to a meal, it consists mainly of fiber, with low 

 feeding value, which is objectionable in feeding poultry. A little 

 corn-and-cob meal can be used in the mash if bulk is desired, but 

 it should not be made to take the place of straight corn meal. 



Gluten Meal. — In the manufacture of starch the kernels of 

 corn are separated into hulls or bran, gluten and starch. Gluten 

 meal is therefore corn less the bran and starch. It is rich in fat 

 and protein and highly concentrated. When fed in large quanti- 

 ties it produces ill effects. To overcome this concentration, and 

 to provide a market for the corn bran, manufacturers now mix 

 the gluten meal with the bran and sell the mixture as gluten feed. 



Table XVII 



War Time Rations Recommended by Hare, of the South Carolina 



Experiment Station 



Dry Mash for Southern Breeders 



Pounds 



Corn meal lOO 



Wheat middlings lOO 



Rice bran lOO 



Ground oats 200 



Velvet bean meal 100 



Cottonseed meal 100 



Salt 3-5 



Dry Mash for Western Breeders 



Pounds 



Corn meal 250 



Ground oats 200 



Wheat middlings 200 



Wheat bran ■ 200 



Meat scrap 100 



Alfalfa meal 50 



Salt 5 



Gluten feed contains less fat and protein than gluten meal, and 

 greater bulk, therefore it should be bought on a guaranteed 

 analysis, depending upon its content of protein. Gluten feed 

 and gluten meal are both palatable and digestible. They are 

 valuable sources of protein, as will be observed, and are excellent 

 egg producers. It is a mistake, however, to depend entirely 

 upon this vegetable protein. Some animal protein is necessary 

 in the mash, such as bone meal or meat scrap. 



Hominy meal or hominy chop is still another valuable by-prod- 

 uct of corn, useful as a poultry feed, but not so generally used 



