Cattle Feeding Stuffs 



453 



lots of good English wheat, ground at Mr Robson': 

 mil in Durham, gave pe^" cent, respectively : — 



No. I. 



Fine flour 74.2 



Boxings 9.0 



Sharps 5.8 



Bran 7.8 



Waste 3.2 



Bran is valuable for all kinds of stock, particularly 

 horses. Its price, however, is often much above its 

 feeding value, owing to the large demand for manu- 

 facturing purposes. As bran is less liable to spoil than 

 sharps, it is more generally preferred by horse feeders. 

 A sample of bran gave the following analysis : — 



Per cent. 



Moisture 1 2. 86 



Nitrogenous compounds 13-88 



Starch, sugar, &c 55-56 



Woody fibre 11.50 



Mineral matters 6.20 



Sharps or pollards are the finer particles of the husk ; 

 they contain less woody fibre, and can generally be 

 purchased at more reasonable price than bran ; for 

 most purposes pollards, although not so rich in oil, is 

 as good as bran. Boxings is a sort of "seconds flour," 

 and is best adapted for cattle and pig feeding. Bran, 

 as we have already observed, is generally preferred for 

 horses ; but there is no objection to mi.xing the bran, 

 sharps, and boxings together, indeed, thus mixed we 

 should prefer them for horses. 



Alalt scn'L'iiiiigs are the roots of barley developed 

 and removed during the malting process. They 

 possess considerable feeding value, and are well suited 

 for feeding dairy cattle. For sheep they have been 



largely employed with good results. An analysis give 



the following results : — 



Per cent. 



Mosture 7.30 



Nitrogenous compounds 22.58 



Starch, sugar, &c 45.68 



Woody fibre 17-5^ 



Ash 6.88 



Briivers' grams, where they can be obtained near 

 at hand, are well worth the attention of the farmer. 

 As they generally contain nearly seventy-five per cenL 

 of water, they will not pay for a heavy carriage. They 

 are largely used in the feeding of dairy cattle in the 

 neighbourhood of the metropolis. It is customary in 

 the southern counties to contract with the brewer for so 

 many quarters per week during the whole year. During 

 summer farmers often find a difiiculty in consuming 

 them, and either employ them for manure, or pack 

 them into tanks in the ground. In these tanks the 

 grains are well trodden do\vn, and the whole covered 

 with earth ; thus secured they will keep a long time 

 in capital order. If forty or fifty per cent, of the 

 water can be removed from grains they may profitably 

 be carried into the country long distances by raiL 

 The following is an analysis of brewers' grains : — 

 Per cent. 



Moisture 75-56 



Nitrogenous compounds 3.48 



Starch, &c 14.65 



Woody fibre 5.46 



Mineral matter .85 



We have used grains along with pulped roots and 

 hay-chaff, for both store and fattening animals, and 

 were well satisfied with the results. We have also 

 used them with satisfactory results, mixed with malt 

 screenings, for sheep. At first we experienced some 

 difficulty in getting them to consume the mixture, but, 

 by mixing a little finely broken cake along with it, suc- 

 ceeded admirably.— ?F. R. A'. 



RAIL WA V CATTLE TRAFFIC IN AMERICA. 



THE following statement has been supplied by a 

 correspondent, who justly regards it as a step 

 in the right direction. At the same time, we may re- 

 mark that although the regidations made by the State 

 of Massachussets may suit the cattle traffic of America, 

 similar regidations could not be carried into effect in this 

 country. The mere fact that the cattle are required to 

 be unloaded, and the lots belonging to different owners 

 mixed, or kept separate at considerable expense and 



trouble, is in itself an insuperable objection, setting 

 aside the delay to which the trains would be subjected. 

 What is required is facility for giving water and food 

 without unloading the cattle, and without detention to 

 the trains, and this, as we have repeatedly shewn, is 

 supplied by Reid's cattle waggons. As those waggons 

 have now been adopted by the Atlantic and Great 

 Western Railway Company, one of the principal lines 

 in the United States, it will be found that the sub- 



