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form of meal, depends on the class of stock and tlie judgment 

 of the feeder. In the case of cattle a propoi'tion of the whole 

 grain passes through the digestive system unchanged, and it 

 may be an advantage in this case to run pigs with the cattle. 

 In the case of lambs, the maize should be finely crushed, but it 

 is considered best to feed sheep with whole maize. In the case 

 of pigs the maize is best fed in the form of meal, and it is 

 advisable to soak the meal well before feeding. 



Maize By-products. — The use of maize and maize products 

 for human food gives rise to a large number of by-products, 

 including maize bran, gluten feed, gluten meal, maize germ 

 meal, corn oil cake, hominy chop, hominy feed, and brewery 

 by-products such as distillers' grains. 



Maize bran consists of the w^hole of the maize and has a low 

 feeding value. Gluten feed consists of a mixture of all the by- 

 products obtained in the manufacture of maize starch, and can 

 be regarded as the maize grain with most of the starch removed. 

 It is rich in oil and protein and is well suited for dairy and 

 fattening stock. Gluten meal does not contain the whole bran 

 or the embryo, and differs from gluten feed in this respect. 

 It is a concentrated feeding stuff, and may be used in the 

 same way as gluten feed. 



Maize germ meal or cake consists of the embryo or maize 

 germ from which the oil has been extracted. It is a very 

 concentrated food and should be used in conjunction with other 

 grain feeds. Corn oil cake consists of the pressed embryos, 

 contains a considerable quantitv of oil, and, like maize germ 

 meal, is a highly concentrated feeding stuff. Hominy cJiop and 

 hominy feed consist of the whole grain and starchy refuse from 

 the hominy 'factory. They resemble maize itself from a feeding 

 standpoint, and are of about equivalent value lb. for lb. They 

 are valuable for fattening animals and milch cows. Distillers* 

 grains obtained from maize are valuable as a feed for dairy 

 cows, and may replace part of the oat ration for working horses, 

 but owin<:r to their fibrous nature are not suitable for pigs. 



The followino: table shows the chemical composition of the 

 various by-products : — 





Wafer. 



Crude 

 Protein. 



Oil. 



Nitroffen 



free 

 extrnet. 



CrtuJe 

 fibre. 



Ash. 



(xluten u\on] ... 



!>-2 



;{»•)•!> 





ACrl 



2 2 



11 



Gluten foe.l ... 



8-') 





4-4 





(V7 



1-2 



Genu meal 



IM 



2:vo 



10-7 





D-O 



2 () 



Iloim'tiy feed ... 



!)-3 



11-2 



8-t; 



r.:3-7 



4-5 



2 7 



Distillers' y:r;iiiis 



8-8 





\\•'^ 



30-4 



1-21 



;v4 



Maize bran 





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