236 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



some other kinds of grain. Rye, corn and oats in the pro- 

 portion of one, two and one parts respectively make an 

 excellent grain ration for sheep on full feed along with 

 clover or alfalfa. 



To swine, rye may be fed about the same as barley (see 

 p. 233), except that for prolonged feeding, it should not fur- 

 nish the sole grain portion, since thus fed, swine tire of it 

 more quickly even than of barley. Corn, fed along with it 

 in such proportion as will furnish the quality of pork de- 

 sired, will add to the palatability of the food and also in 

 some degree to the gains. Experiments conducted in Den- 

 mark have shown that rye and barley are almost equal in 

 value in making pork, when fed with dairy by-products, 

 both with reference to gains and to the quality of the pork. 

 In the tests made in that country, it was found that corn 

 made pork less firm as a rule, in proportion as it was fed, 

 and therefore less suitable for high class bacon. In ordi- 

 nary fattening, however, the aim should be to add corn 

 freely to the rye. 



To horses, rye is seldom fed in the United States and 

 largely for the reason probably, that it is seldom sufficiently 

 plentiful and cheap to admit of feeding it thus. Rut it is 

 quite suitable for being so fed, especially to horses at work 

 in conjunction with oats. A mixture of one-third rye and 

 two-thirds oats is suitable for even prolonged feeding. 



p e ?s. The peas in the United States, usually desig- 

 nated the Canada field pea, should be far more widely grown 

 than it is at the present time, because of its excellent feed- 

 ing qualities, and also for the reason that it is a legume, 

 and, therefore, leaves the kind on which it grew rich in ni- 

 trogen. Its protein content is high, hence it has peculiar 

 adaptation as food for animals in process of development. 

 Being adapted to climates with only moderate summer tem- 

 peratures, the pea grows best in this country in the northern 

 states and on reasonably high plateaus of the mountain 

 states. Nearly all the provinces of Canada have high adap- 

 tation for the growing of peas. One chief obstacle to the 



