MAHtJAL o:F OATTLE~FEEJDIir0, 837 



The analyses of American make thus far made do not 

 show any essential differences in composition between 

 flint and dent corn, nor between eastern and western 

 corn. 



Common maize contains somewliat less protein and more 

 non-nitrogenous matters than the cereals, and has a wider 

 nutritive ratio. It is therefore not as valuable as the latter 

 in cases where much protein is required in the food, as in 

 case of heavily-worked animals, and must be supplemented 

 by more highly nitrogenous materials. In fattening, on 

 the other hand, and particularly in the fattening of swine, 

 where a rather wide nutritive ratio is required, it produces 

 excellent results. It is very probable that the compara- 

 tively large proportion of fat which it contains is one 

 cause of its well-known fattenins^ properties, thous-h the 

 effect of this is most likely not as great as is sometimes 

 thou£!:ht. 



Kumerous digestion experiments on hogs, sheep, and 

 the horse, have shown that maize is very completely di- 

 gested by all these animals. The results obtained on sheep 

 and on the horse were substantially accordant ; those on 

 hogs, three in number, show a somewhat greater digesti- 

 bility of the crude protein, but it is questionable whether 

 this will be found to be generally the case. 



§ 2. Byb-Pkodtjcts of the (3-BAiisrs. 



Since it is generally more profitable to the farmer to ^11 

 the comparatively high-priced gi-ains than to use them for 

 fodder, it comes about that their bye-products find an ex- 

 tensive application as fodder in place of the grains them- 

 selves, e. g,j tlie bran of wteat and ije, bi-ewers' grains and 

 malt sprouts from barley, etc. 

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