178 PRINCIPLES OP FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



nitrogenous concentrates. Barley and oats mak(^ a good 

 combination for very young lambs. 



For Fattening Stock. — In general, barley is slightly less 

 valuable for fattening than corn, due to its lower content 

 of carbohydrates and fat, and to its lower 

 degree of palatability. 



For beef cattle, barley may form three- 

 fourths of the concentrates, the other 

 fourth being made up of nitrogenous 

 concentrates. It should be fed with a 

 legume hay. For fattening hogs, barley 

 is about 10 per cent less valuable than 

 corn. It produces a higher quaUty of 

 pork, however. In Great Britain and 

 northern Europe, barley is the leading 

 feed for producing pork of fine quality. 

 If fed in combination \vith corn, wheat 

 middhngs, skim milk, tankage, or alfalfa 

 or clover pasture, barley is one of the 

 l).est feeds for pork production. It is 

 (^specially valuable for the production of 

 bacon, as it produces a firmer flesh con- 

 taining more lean and less fat than the 

 flesh produced by corn. If fed with 

 clover or alfalfa hay, barley may furnish all the concen- 

 trated part of the ration of fattening lambs or sheep. How- 

 ever, it is usually more satisfactory to substitute corn for 

 a third of the barley. If fed with a non-nitrogenous 

 roughage, additional protein in the form of hnseed meal or 

 cottonseed meal should be given. It should ])e fed whole 

 to sheep. 



KiG. 35. — A head 

 of emmer. (Living- 

 ston, Field Crop Pro- 

 duction.) 



