274 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



health. Brewers' grains may sometimes be fed with de- 

 cided profit to calves and young cattle, but usually other 

 foods may be obtained more cheaply for fattening, unless in 

 the immediate vicinity of the brewery. 



For feeding sheep, brewers' grains are not considered 

 so suitable as for feeding cattle, especially in the wet form. 

 Sheep do not take so kindly to sloppy food as swine or even 

 cows. But where the cost will admit of such feeding, dry 

 brewers' grains should answer well as a part of the ration 

 for breeding ewes. 



To szvine, brewers' grains are not much fed at any con- 

 siderable distance from the place of their production, but 

 feeding them to young swine will tend much to promote 

 growth, and for sows nursing their young, they should be 

 quite as good as for cows nursing theirs. But, as a source 

 of protein, they will probably be found too costly for feed- 

 ing swine. 



To horses, trials made on brewers grains, even when 

 at work, have proved satisfactory. The general condition 

 and also the energy were pronounced as good as when oats 

 were fed. At the New Jersey station it was found econom- 

 ical to feed them to street car horses, but the outcome from 

 such feeding is largely dependent on relative values. As a 

 food for foals, young horses and brood mares, the results 

 should be satisfactory from the judicious feeding of brew- 

 ers' grains. 



Distillers' grains, being a very watery food when fed 

 in the wet form, are best adapted for being fed to cattle for 

 milk or for beef. The stables in which the animals are fat- 

 tened are usually not far distant from the place of distilla- 

 tion. For both uses these grains have high adaptation when 

 fed with suitable adjuncts. They are not so well adapted 

 for being fed to sheep, swine and horses, but under certain 

 conditions may answer well for swine. 



Malt sprouts are commonly fed to cows for milk pro- 

 duction. They are highly adapted for such a use, since they 

 contain about 20 per cent of digestible protein. Moreover, 



