Experiments with Gluten Feed. 



statement of their opinion as to its feeding value, with as much 

 precision and detail as the varying circumstances would permit. 



The following is a short resume of the contents of the eight 

 reports received from the agricultural colleges. 



In three cases the substance was fed to bullocks ; in no> 

 instance is the report very favourable. The most favourable 

 report states that "it is about equal to a mixture of barley 

 meal and undecorticated cotton cake " ; whilst another report, 

 from quite as reliable a source, states that "it is decidedly 

 inferior to a mixture of decorticated cotton cake and barley 

 meal." The third report states that " it is unsuitable to feed 

 by itself, and should be mixed with other more palatable foods," 

 and that " there is reason to suspect that Gluten Feed affects the 

 quality of the beef." All seem to think, however, that Gluten 

 Feed would make a useful feeding stuff in case of shortage of 

 home-grown or artificial foodstuffs. 



From an institution which used the feed for cows it is reported 

 that " cows did not take readily to the ' Feed.' One cow refused 

 it altogether, while another would only take it when mixed with 

 cake. The standard of butter-fat in the milk from the cows 

 when getting the Feed was much above the average. Satis- 

 factory also as a flesh former. It compares very favourably 

 with decorticated cotton cake as a rich milk-producing food, 

 though not its equal as a beef producer." 



A report on feeding it to yearlings says that "when every- 

 thing is taken into account, the ' Gluten Feed ' has proved itself 

 the most economical of all the foodstuffs tried." 



As regards sheep, one of the reports states that " the results 

 of the experiments were throughout distinctly in favour of the 

 ' Gluten Feed ' over the other substances tried " ; whilst another 

 report states that " it gives better returns than gram (an Indian 

 horse corn) and grey peas, and that at ios. per ton it is 

 an economical food for sheep if fed under suitable conditions. 

 Sheep, however, are not fond of it and it is too dusty to be 

 fed alone, but would do very well if mixed with a feeding 

 cake." 



In two instances it was fed to pigs. One of the reports 

 states that " Gluten Feed, when fed to pigs, is capable of 

 producing a slightly better effect than an equal quantity of 



