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For Growing Stock. — Due to its higher content of protein 

 and mineral matter, and its lower content of carbohydrates, 

 barley may be used to a greater extent than corn in the 

 rations of growing animals. 



For calves and growing cattle, barley should always be 

 fed in combination with other concentrates, such as bran, or 



Fig. 34, — Distribution of barley production in the United States. (United 

 States Census, 1910.) 



oats, or both, together with a little linseed meal. Other 

 nitrogenous feeds may be substituted in part for the oats 

 or bran. Ordinarily, barley should not form over one- 

 third of the concentrates of such a ration. It should be fed 

 with clover, alfalfa, or other legume hay as roughage. Barley, 

 if fed with oats, bran, and hnseed meal, proves satisfactory 

 for colts and young horses. For growing pigs it is much 

 better than corn. It should be properly supplemented by 



