CHAPTER XX 



USES OF CEREALS 



CULTIVATED cereals are used chiefly in two ways, either 

 (1) as feed for live-stock or (2) as human food. There 

 are a few miscellaneous uses. 



CEREALS AS FEED FOR LIVE-STOCK 



With the exception of oats the small cereals are not 

 thought of as feed for live-stock; but the total value of 

 bran, shorts, and other by-products of milling, malting, 

 and distilling, disposed of in that way, in addition to cereal 

 hay, amounts to a large sum annually. The miller's total 

 profits are often governed largely by the market for by- 

 products as feed. 



580. Cereal crops for hay. Considerable rye is used 

 for hay in the New England and middle eastern states. 

 In the southern states, a mixture of oats and vetch is 

 employed for both pasture and hay. More grain is 

 grown for hay in the western states, that is, west of the 

 Great Plains, than in any other part of the country. 

 Wheat, barley, and rye are especially handled in this 

 manner. In the Columbia Basin of Washington, almost 

 the only hay in many places is wheat. The farmer often 

 gets his hay from the edges of his wheat fields. The wheat 

 fields are " trimmed up " 10 days or 2 weeks before 



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