Tests with Feeding Stuffs. 



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malt sprouts were not relished by cows, some refusing them whether 

 dry or soaked. When fed against cotton-seed meal and linseed meal, 

 the cows took less food and their milk fell off one-tenth. When fed 

 against ground oats, the cows ate 9 per ct. less food and their milk 

 fell off 4 per ct. Since malt sprouts are not relished by cows, not 

 over 2 Ibs. should be fed at one time. Lindsey states that they 

 may form one-third of the concentrates of the ration, and at pre- 

 vailing prices to this limited extent they are an economical nutri- 

 ent. (176) 



Malt sprouts compared with gluten meal. 



Average ration 



Average daily 

 yield per cow 



Milk 



Fat 



Lot 1 



Malt sprouts, 2.0 Ibs. 



Gluten feed, 1.5 Ibs. Basal ration 

 Lot 11 



Gluten feed, 3.0 Ibs. Basal ration 



Lbs. 



18.1 



18.2 



Lbs. 



0.89 

 0.91 



650. Cereal by-products v. pure grains. To determine whether 

 the digestible matter in such by-products as dried brewers' grains, 

 malt sprouts, and gluten feed are as valuable as the digestible matter 

 of the pure grains, Jordan and Jenter of the New York (Geneva) 

 Station 1 fed the following rations: 



Ration No. 1 



Lbs. 



Ground oats 5 



Ground peas 6 



Timothy hay 5 



Corn silage 40 



Ration No. 2 * 



Lbs. 



Malt sprouts 2 



Dried brewers' grains __ 3 



Gluten feed 3 



Timothy hay 15 



Corn silage 25 



Each ration was fed to 5 cows for 9 weeks with the following re- 

 sults : 



Comparison of pure grains and cereal by-products for milk production. 



Bui. 141. 



