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fed the ground wheat gained 21 per cent faster than those 

 fed the whole wheat. 



Wheat alone versus wheat and a protein supplement. 



Like corn, wheat must be supplemented with a feed 

 rich in nitrogenous material if the most rapid and eco- 

 nomical gains are made. This is demonstrated by the 

 results of six experiments, summarized in Table CXXXI. 

 In all of the trials but one, the wheat was ground and fed 

 as a slop ; in five of the trials 5 to 8 per cent of tankage 

 was fed in the supplemented ration, and in the other 

 50 per cent of wheat shorts. 



TABLE CXXXI. WHEAT ALONE VERSUS WHEAT AND A 

 PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT 1 (Av. 6 Exps.) 



Frosted versus sound wheat. 



In practically all the experiments thus far considered 

 with wheat, the grain fed was sound and marketable. 

 Wheat which has been injured while in the dough stage 

 by hot winds or frost or damaged by excessive rains during 

 harvest, is considered to have a lower feeding value than 

 wheat which has been properly filled or been uninjured. 



1 Weaver, Mo. Exp. Sta. Bull. 136 ; Good and Smith, Ky. 

 Exp. Sta. Bull. 190 ; Bliss and Lee, Neb. Exp. Sta. Bull. 144 ; 

 Clark, Mont. Exp. Sta. Bull. 89. 



