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For sheep, bran serves a good purpose and for breed- 

 ing ewes when fed as a part of the grain ration, but it is 

 rather coarse for being fed to very young lambs. It is par- 

 ticularly helpful to breeding ewes when the fodder consists 

 largely of corn or the grasses. With such roughage, as 

 much as one-half the grain ration may be composed of bran, 

 when such grain as corn, barley, or rye are being fed, but 

 usually a less proportion will suffice. A mixture which is 

 two parts oats and one bran by weight is very valuable for 

 such feeding. When fed along with leguminous fodders, 

 but little bran is needed. Subsequently to the lambing pe- 

 riod, the free feeding of bran will be found highly conducive 

 to milk production. The feeding value of bran is not so 

 high relatively for sheep that are being fattened. Sheep 

 are not so fond of bran as of some other kinds of meal or 

 grain, hence care should be taken not to feed it to them in 

 excess while fattening or the gains will not be entirely 

 satisfactory. And yet, in the absence of oil cake or field 

 roots, a small proportion of bran will be found beneficial. 

 Along with heavy corn feeding it is really essential. 



For swine, bran has not so high adaptation as for feed- 

 ing cattle, horses or sheep and yet may frequently be 

 used with profit in the judicious feeding of swine. For 

 young swine it is too coarse and bulky and has in it too 

 large a proportion of crude fibre. Nor is it the best food 

 that can be given to swine during the growing period, but 

 with advance in age it becomes increasingly suitable for 

 them. It is seldom fed, even as a part of a ration, to swine 

 that are being fattened. It may, however, be fed as a factor 

 of the meal ration along with concentrated grains to brood 

 sows before or after farrowing and to the extent of forming 

 when necessary at least 50 per cent of the meal fed. 



For horses, bran is frequently given a place in the 

 diet of animals, young and old, but the amount fed daily is 

 usually quite small. In other instances it is fed not more 

 frequently than once or twice a week, when it is scalded and 



