FOOD FROM CEREALS AND OTHER SEEDS 237 



extension of their growth in the United States is the labor 

 involved in harvesting them, which is more relatively than 

 with other cereals, except corn. This may be met by growing 

 peas and oats together in proportions that will not preclude 

 the harvesting of the mixed crop with the binder. The mix- 

 ture thus grown furnishes an excellent grain food for many 

 kinds of feeding. The relatively high price of peas in this 

 country also stands in the way of their more general use 

 in feeding stock. 



To calves and young cattle, peas furnish an excellent 

 grain food when fed as a meal adjunct. The meal is heavy 

 and lies compactly, hence, when fed to cattle and other ani- 

 mals, it should be along with bran, ground oats, corn, bar- 

 ley, rye or a mixture of these according to the nature of the 

 feeding. Ground peas and oats in equal parts by weight, 

 make an excellent meal ration for calves. Later the propor- 

 tion of oats or bran, if bran is fed, should be increased, 

 chiefly on the score of economy in feeding. 



To beef cattle, peas may be fed in proportions varying 

 from 25 to 75 per cent of the meal fed, the proportion of 

 peas being increased with the advance of the feeding period 

 when fed with oats. From the standpoint of increase, 

 ground peas, oats and corn, barley or rye, in equal propor- 

 tions by weight, furnish an excellent grain food. Bran may 

 be substituted for oats if cheaper. 



For co-ivs in milk, a mixture of ground peas and oats 

 grown together, so that about two-thirds of the mixture 

 will be oats, furnishes an ideal grain food. Here also bran 

 may be substituted for oats. In northern areas, this mix- 

 ture may be readily grown on many farms and it has the 

 further value of furnishing fodder that is much relished 

 when well saved. 



For sheep that are being fattened, a grain mixture fed 

 unground, and consisting of peas and oats, the peas making 

 from 25 to 75 per cent of the grain ration according to the 

 stage of the fattening, will give excellent results. For 

 breeding ewes on dry feed, as much as 50 per cent of the 



