GRAINS AND GROUND FEEDS 



3C^3> 



BUCKWHEAT 



Buckwheat, in most localities, usually commands a 

 price which makes it less profitable as a swine feed than 

 other grains, but when it may be used advantageously 

 it is found to ha\-e considerable value, although some- 

 what less than wheat. Buckwheat has been fed exten- 

 sively in some sections of the north, especially Canada. 

 The middlings from buckwheat, when obtainable, makes 

 an excellent feed, but the bran is of little value. 



Comparative feeding tests made at the Ottawa experi- 

 ment station (annual reports of 1894 and 1895), in the 

 feeding of buckwheat and wheat, ground and in mix- 

 tures, showed that six pounds more were needed in the 

 buckwheat mixture than in the wheat mixture for pro- 

 ducing 100 pounds of gain. In the first trial detailed in 

 the following table, five pigs in each lot were fed yy 

 days. A second trial lasted 140 days, and was made 

 with six pigs in each lot. The meal was soaked for 30 

 hours before using in every instance. The details of the 

 two trials were as shown : 



COMPARATIVE FEEDING VALUES OF BUCKWHEAT AND 

 WHEAT 



