FOOD FROM CEREALS AND OTHER SEEDS 22Q 



in feeding other classes of stock because of the relatively 

 large amount of hull which it possesses, ill adapted to the 

 digestion of swine. In suitability for young stock, it is 

 without a rival among concentrated foods. No other cereal 

 can be fed to stock with entire safety or in quantities so 

 large for an equally prolonged period. It is also a valuable 

 breakfast food for man. 



The high relative value of the oat for general feeding 

 is the outcome of the high palatability which it possesses, 

 the equilibrium in the nutrients which give it balance as a 

 food, and the relation between the hull and kernel which 

 gives it a proper amount of concentration and not too much 

 for safe feeding. The chief obstacle in the way of its more 

 extensive use on the farm is the high relative value which it 

 usually commands on the market. 



While the oat grows reasonably well in some parts of 

 all the states of the union, it grows much better relatively 

 in the northern states. All the provinces of Canada have 

 high adaptation for growing oats. The weight of a measured 

 bushel varies from 20 pounds in some varieties in the south 

 to 50 pounds in others in the northwestern states and prov- 

 inces of Canada. As the adaptation for corn production de- 

 creases because of low temperature, that for oat produc- 

 tion increases. To provide food for stock, the crop may 

 be grown alone, with wheat or barley or with both. 



For calves and growing cattle, oats are a grand food. 

 In the ground form, they are excellent for young calves and 

 for calves more advanced in age, they are equally good. For 

 such feeding they may be fed alone with wheat bran, ground 

 barley or ground corn, according to the degree of the flesh 

 sought and in proportions to suit the needs of the animals. 

 When fed alone or with bran, the calves may be allowed to 

 partake of them at will, when the cost is not too great. To 

 young cattle that are older, about the only limitation that 

 may be put on the feeding of oats is that which is usually 

 present, resulting from the relatively high value of this 

 cereal. 



