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will serve as a substitute for tlic other legumes, such as alfalfa. 

 If you are feeding skim-milk, which is rich in protein, roots and 

 grain will go well with that. 



Wheat and Barley for Feeding. 



What is the difference in the feeding vnhie of zvhcat and barley for 

 hogs and horses f 



There is very little difference in the chemical composition of 

 wheat and barley. In their physical condition there is much differ- 

 ence, chiefly because of the adhering chaff of the barley, which 

 makes it more digestible because it separates the starchy mass and 

 enables the gastric juice to work upon the particles more readily 

 and quickly. Oats also have this character. This is very important 

 in the case of horses, which can quickly be put out of condition by 

 feeding wheat. For hogs and chickens it makes much less difference, 

 and the absence of the chaflf gives a greater amount of nutritive 

 matter to the ton, so that wheat is worth more at the same ton price. 

 But look out about giving horses too much wheat. 



