DENTAL CARIES IN THE COTTON EAT(8)

flakes, whole wheat orwheat flakes, and whole oats, with control animals receivingoatmeal (4 to 5 pairs in each group). In order to maintaindiets of similar consistency and particle size, the whole oator wheat grains and oatmeal were ground in a Wiley milluntil they passed through a fine screen (approximately 60mesh). The more brittle and fracturing cereals, whole cornand corn or wheat flakes, were reduced to a flour in a ball mill.The experimental period was 14 weeks.With the exception of whole oats or corn flakes, which resulted in a decreased growth rate, the feeding of the variouscereals in the cereal-milk diet resulted in good growth of theanimals. That the difference in growth was not part of thecaries picture was shown when the teeth were evaluated forcaries. The teeth of the anima