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relative protein content, and usually they are considerably 

 cheaper. It is in order to feed a higher proportion of wheat 

 meal to cows giving milk than would be admissible of corn 

 meal, the fodder adjuncts being the same. 



For sheep, wheat is superior to corn when fed to young 

 lambs and breeding ewes. Wheat and oats in any desired 

 proportions make an excellent grain food for them. It is 

 also superior to corn when fed alone or as a factor during 

 the early stages of fattening, but corn will result in some- 

 what quicker gains in the later stages of the same. It is ex- 

 cellent as a food for preparing sheep for show purposes, 

 as it produces flesh, plentiful and firm. 



For young and growing swine, wheat is much superior 

 to corn. For swine that are being fattened, they are about 

 equal, pound for pound, in production, but the quality of 

 the meat made from wheat is superior. Tests have shown 

 that greater gains have been secured from feeding ground 

 wheat and corn or barley to swine that are being fattened, 

 than from feeding either alone. Such swine should produce 

 one pound of increase from rather less than five pounds of 

 wheat, and greater relative increase should result from feed- 

 ing it to pigs previous to the fattening season. It should 

 be fed ground and soaked in milk or water for six to 12 

 hours, according to the season. Skim milk and ground 

 wheat make an excellent food for young pigs. If wheat is 

 fed unground to swine it should be soaked 18 to 24 hours. 

 Thus prepared, it had been found nearly if not quite equal 

 to ground wheat when the cost of the grinding is also con- 

 sidered. If fed in the natural state, a large per cent will 

 appear in the voidings. Although swine will make a good 

 growth while gleaning amid wheat stubbles where they con- 

 sume the fallen heads, they do not fatten readily on un- 

 threshed wheat, though it should be plentifully supplied to 

 them in the sheaf. 



For feeding horses, wheat has not been much tested. 

 The tests made have tended to show that when wheat has 



