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of some feeding value, they are inferior to the grains from which 

 they are derived and much inferior to the high grade protein concen- 

 trates. They are best utilized as a food for sheep, or possibly as a 

 component of a grain ration for fattening cattle. Their addition to 

 any prepared feed can only tend to cheapen it, and feeds on the 

 market which contain any considerable amount should sell for a 

 decidedly lower figure than the ruling price for unadulterated goods. 

 Their use as a component of standard by-products is objectionable 

 for the following reasons : 



1. They are unpalatable, many of the seeds found in screenings 

 being decidedly bitter, while others have a toxic efifect. 



2. They are likely to carry considerable fiber, due to the presence 

 of straw, chaff and the tough hulls of the weed seeds. This fiber 

 tends to decrease the digestibility of the entire mixture. 



3. They are a prolific source of weeds on the farm. 



4. They are offered in disguise by being mixed with feeds of 

 better quality. 



5. The price asked for feeds into which screenings enter is often 

 out of proportion to their value. 



THE DAIRYMAN AND THE GRAIN PROBLEM. 



DR. J. B. LINDSEY. 



Because of the high price of all concentrated feeds, dairymen are 

 in doubt as to the kinds to be selected and the amount to be fed in 

 order to secure the most economical returns for money invested. 



Farmers selling cream to the creamery or located where there is 

 not a quick demand for milk, probably will not find it economical 

 to feed over three to five pounds of purchased grain daily, and will 

 use maximum amounts of hay and silage. If the silage is well eared, 

 one and one-half pounds each of cottonseed meal and flour mid- 

 dlings sprinkled over the silage to distribute it will prove helpful in 

 maintaining the milk flow. If corn meal is a home product rather 

 than silage, mix by weight 3^ bran, ^ corn and cob meal, and 

 y^ cottonseed meal or gluten feed (100 bran, 200 corn, 100 cotton- 

 seed meal), and feed five to six quarts daily. 



Producers of market milk will find it advisable to feed somewhat 

 more grain, and a few combinations are suggested which may be fed 

 with hay and silage or with hay alone. 



