138 Feeds and Feeding. 



ranking with bran and oil meal in palatability and general good 

 effects. 



Sattig 1 reports using dried brewers' grains and finding them a 

 cheap winter feed for horses, the energy and general condition of 

 the animals being pronounced as good as though they were main- 

 tained on oats. Trials in feeding the dried grains to street- car 

 horses by the New Jersey Station gave satisfactory results, with 

 the cost of the ration reduced several cents per day. (461, 475) 



184. Malt sprouts. — The tiny sprouts originating from the 

 barley grain in the process of malting are separated from the 

 grains after they have dried, by sieving. Minute as are these 

 sprouts, they accumulate in large quantities, and malsters can fui-- 

 nish them by the car-load or train-load. The table shows that malt 

 sprouts carry nearly twenty per cent, of digestible protein, with 

 the carbohydrates and fat running low. Unfortunately this feed 

 is not much relished by cattle, and for this reason can only be fed 

 in limited quantity. Malt sprouts absorb a large quantity of 

 water and should be soaked for several hours before feeding. 

 Two or three pounds of sprouts can be profitably fed to dairy cows 

 daily, because of their low cost and the high fertility they carry. 

 (473) 



185. Fertilizing constituents. — The barley grain itself does not 

 differ materially from the other cereals in fertilizing components. 

 Malt sprouts are rich in phosphoric acid and potash. In some 

 cases sprouts are directly applied to the land as a fertilizer, but if 

 of good quality, their feeding value should not thus be lost. Often 

 they can be purchased at a lower price than the commercial value 

 of the fertility they contain, so that they cost nothing as feed if 

 the droppings of the cattle receiving them are carefully saved. 

 Brewers' grains are rich in nitrogen and phosphates, but very low 

 in potash. 



» Milch Zeitung, 1886, p. 185. 



