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BREWERS' GRAINS (DRIED). 



A very valuable arid easily stored cattle feed can be got by 

 removing some of the excessive moisture from wet brewers' grains, 

 when a feed containing a fair quantity of protein, carbohydrates, 

 and fat is obtained. Four or five pounds per cow per day along with 

 corn, oats, or barley and small quantities of oil cake meal or gluten 

 meal will give good results in milk production. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Buckwheat for dairy cows is rarely used in Canada oiutside the 

 Maritime Provinces. It has a fair feeding value. When ground and 

 mixed with other concentrates it usually cheapens the ration and 

 frequently seems to increase the flow of milk. It is sometimes 

 supposed to injuriously affect the flavour of milk. 



BUCKWHEAT BRAN. 



This is the name usually given to the mixture composed of the 

 buckwheat hulls and that portion of the grain immediately within 

 the hulls. The latter is a very good feed, rich in protein, but thy 

 hulls have practically no feeding value. 



CORN. 



Corn is an excellent feed for dairy cattle. It is a concen- 

 trated source of nutriment, extremely palatable, easily masticated 

 and readily assimilated, bu.t should never make up more than one- 

 half to three- fifths of the concentrate part of the ration. Poor in 

 protein but rich in digestible carbohydrates, it should always be 

 ground and fed along with some other grain rich in protein and 

 light in character, s-u.ch as bran, shorts or crushed oats. Corn and 

 cob meal is better for dairy feeding than corn meal alone or as the 

 chief part of the meal ration. Pure corn meal is rather heavy but 

 if mixed with cut feed can be fed in considerable quantities. Its 

 great value lies in its easy and almost complete digestibility. 



CORN OIL CAKE. 



Corn oil cake consists of the pressed germs freed from most of 

 the oil they .carry. It is rich in ether extract, or fat, and protein. 

 It should never be fed in large quantities and always mixed with 

 feeds such as bran OT oats, or a mixture of other light meals. 



