1921.] 



Feeding Stuffs in February. 



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be mixed with maize meal in the proportion of 1 part of maize 

 meal to 7 parts of linseed. 



Considerable quantities of beans which, during the late War, 

 would have been intended for human consumption, are now 

 being marketed as food for live stock. Several correspondents 

 have written as to the value of haricot beans, Rangoon beans 

 mid butter beans for feeding to live stock. Samples of " Rangoon 

 beans " and " haricot beans " submitted to the Ministry are 

 apparently the same feeding stuff, and indicate differences in 

 trade terms. Haricot beans and butter beans have a similar 

 composition, but butter beans contain rather more oil, namely, 

 •2 per cent., as against 1.8 per cent, in the case of haricot beans. 

 In composition and feeding value, these beans resemble peas, 

 and may be fed under all conditions where peas are used, and 

 to the same extent, but it is advisable to soak them thoroughly 

 in water before using. Meal prepared from these beans should 

 prove quite suitable for pigs if well soaked in water before using. 

 Very little information is available as to the practical points to 

 be observed in the feeding of these beans to live stock, but there 

 is no reason to anticipate difficulty in this matter, provided that 

 reasonable care is exercised in their introduction into the diet.* 



Palm kernel cake, at its present price is an extraordinarily 

 cheap feeding stuff. It can he used for most stock purposes, and 

 is valuable for milch cows and pigs. 



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* Information on the poisonous character of certain forms of the beans of 

 Phaseolus lunatus (which covers Java, Rangoon, Lima and other beans) has 

 been oi ven in this Journal from time to time, notably p. 562, Vol. XXV., 1918. 



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