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PRINCIPLES OF FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



IV. Pasture or forage, and soiling crops 



1 . Legumes 



2. Grasses 

 V. Silage 



VI. Miscellaneous roughages 



Grains and seeds may be subdivided into three sub-classes, 

 viz: (1) cereal grains, (2) legume seeds, and {\\) oil-bearing 

 seeds. 



CEREAL GRAINS 



A cereal may be defined as any plant belonging to the grass 

 family which yields a farinaceous {i.e. floiuy or mealy) 



Fig. 26. — Corn production in the United States. (United States Census.) 

 Black shading, more than 3200 bu. per square mile ; next shading, 640 to 3200 

 bu. ; next-to-bottom shading, 64 to 640 bu. ; bottom shading, less than 64 bu. 



grain suitable for human food. The term is applied both 

 to the plant as a whole and to the grain itself. The leading 

 cereal grains of importance as feedingstuffs to the corn-belt 

 farmer are corn, wheat, oats, rye, and barley. Of less im- 

 portance are emmer, speltz, sorghum, millet, and rice. 



