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SOY BEANS. 



Soy beans are grown in very small quantities in Canada and 

 then usually as a forage crop. Aa a meal feed for dairy cows they 

 are practically unknown here but, when available, are very valuable if 

 mixed with other concentrates. They are rich in protein and oil. 

 Cows must be accustomed to them to eat them readily. They should 

 be fed along with bran, oats or corn, but in moderation, since they 

 have a laxative effect and tend also to soften the butter. 



WEED SEEDS. 



Weed seeds, being the residue from mill screenings, contain a 

 great deal of dust with all kinds of chaff as well as many evil-smelling 

 and worse-tasting seeds which are not always a safe feed for dairy 

 cattle. Feeding at intervals, in small quantities, ground and mixed 

 with other feed, turns to profit an otherwise waste material. Soma 

 weed seeds are very rich in oil, in protein or in carbohydrates. It is, 

 however, safer to feed them to sheep, swine or poultry, and always 

 in the ground state. 



WHEAT. 



Wheat as a feed for dairy cows is almost unknown in Canada. 

 Where tried it has proven satisfactory. To give the best results, it 

 must be rather finely ground and fed along with other meals. The 

 other meals most suitable to feed with it are wheat bran, oats, oil 

 cake and corn. Frozen wheat, when available, is a first-class feed for 

 dairy cows. It should be finely ground and should not make up more 

 than half the meal mixture. Oats and wheat bran are suitable for 

 mixing with frozen wheat. 



WHEAT BRAN. 



As a concentrate feed for dairy cattle, all things considered, 

 wheat bran has no equal in Canada to-day. It is good combined with 

 other meals such as oats, corn, barley, pea, gluten, oil cake or bean 

 meal. It comes nearest to making a successful meal ration of any 

 concentrate fed alone. Furnishing, as it does, protein and ash, 

 which are essentials in milk production, and also some amount of 

 starchy matter, it should enter into every meal mixture intended for 

 dairy cows. Being exceedingly wholesome, easily digestible and 

 very palatable, it may constitute any part or even the whole of a 

 profitable dairy meal ration. 



