DESCRIPTION OF FEED STUFFS 



bined, but these later products are very palatable to stock 

 and may have a value for specific feeding or conditioning 

 purposes greater than their actual food content. 



Dried brewers' grains keep as well as bran and contain 

 over 70 per cent more digestible crude protein and twice 

 as much fat, but less carbohydrates. The fibre content is 

 higher than bran, making them a bulky feed, not especially 

 adapted for poultry feeding, but used more for livestock, 

 especially for dairy cows. Wet brewers' grains contain 

 about 75 per cent water and can only be fed profitably 

 where they are produced. They are not used in feeding 

 poultry and considerable care must be exercised in their 

 use for cows to keep the quarters sanitary and the stock 

 in good condition. Malt sprouts make a bulky feed, rather 

 low in carbohydrates and fat, but with about 20 per cent 

 of digestible crude protein in a readily assimilable form. 

 They swell greatly and are usually thoroughly soaked in 

 water before being fed to cattle. Malt sprouts are used 

 only for feeding cattle. 



Barley feed is rarely found on the market and has 

 about the same feeding value as wheat bran. It is a by- 

 product from the manufacture of pearl barley and barley 

 flour. Barley meal or ground barley is used extensively 

 in poultry feeding on the Pacific Coast. 



RYE 



Rye is not produced extensively in this country and is 

 rarely fed to poultry as they do not relish this grain. It is 

 raised extensively in Europe and used there in making 



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