264 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



mass, and so far as they do, improve it for ordinary fatten- 

 ing. For fattening sheep, it blends well with corn, about 

 equal parts being used, but may also be fed with other ce- 

 reals, as wheat, barley or rye. 



For swine, ground millet is a better food than ground 

 oats, especially for young swine, a large proportion being 

 digestible. Alone it furnishes good food for sows nursing 

 their young', but is, of course, improved by feeding with 

 various other grains. In tests made at the South Dakota 

 station, millet alone did not prove equal to wheat or barley, 

 pound for pound. In fattening swine, ground millet may be 

 fed with corn, in any proportions desired, but the aim 

 should be to have more than 50 per cent of corn in the ra- 

 tion. 



To horses, ground millet may be fed with appropriate- 

 ness. Fed to foals and young horses, as when oats are fed, 

 it produces muscular development, and fed to horses at 

 work, it promotes muscular strength. The ration is im- 

 proved by adding oats, but in the absence of oats, it may be 

 made to take their place in a mixed ration. For exclusive 

 feeding, it is not equal to oats, being a somewhat heavier 

 feed. 



