FARMER'S CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK 



have been made against the quality of 

 the milk from brewers' grains, but as 

 a rule no bad results are noted. In 

 Connecticut, brewers' grains have been 

 fed in rations of ld 1 ^ pounds with good 

 results, while in Massachusetts, they 

 proved to be an excellent substitute for 

 wheat bran. They contain about one- 

 third more protein than wheat bran, and 

 visually produce more live weight in the 

 cows and a larger quantity of milk of 

 better quality than is obtained from 

 bran. As compared with the latter feed, 

 brewers' grains are slightly more eco- 

 nomical. Corn meal may be advanta- 

 geously used as a part of the ration with 

 brewers' grains. 



In the dry form, brewers' grains may 

 be fed in rations of 2 to 5 pounds daily, 



large scale to milch cows in this country. 

 In Scotland, horse beans were found to 

 produce a good quality of butter. In 

 Massachusetts, soy bean meal made 

 more and richer milk, and butter of a 

 better color and quality than cottonseed 

 meal; although the butter from cotton- 

 seed meal was firmer, it was inferior 

 in texture. On account of the great im- 

 portance of soy beans in a general sys- 

 tem of farming in the South, they have 

 been quite thoroughly tested for dairy 

 purposes, and good results have been 

 obtained from them in Kentucky and 

 elsewhere. 



Buckwheat — This grain has been most 

 extensively fed to dairy cows in New 

 England and in the north central states. 

 In Vermont, buckwheat middlings pro- 



Fig. 2S5 — the "big four" holsteins from star farm 



(Courtesy Horace L. Bronson) 



and in such rations are perfectly satis- 

 factory in their effect on the health of 

 the animals, and the quality and quan- 

 tity of the milk. If brewers' grains are 

 fed wet, the daily ration should be from 

 20 to 25 pounds. The wet grains con- 

 tain from 75 to 77 per cent of water, 

 and may usually be jfurchased at from 

 7 to 10 cents a bushel. In New Jersey, 

 it has been found that 4 pounds of wet 

 brewers' grains equal 1 pound of the dry 

 grains. While no bad results in the 

 quality of the milk have been noted 

 when this material has been judiciously 

 fed in this country, neither wet nor 

 dried brewers' grains made good butter 

 in certain tests which were carried out 

 in Scotland. 



Beans — The common varieties of field 

 and garden beans are rarely fed on a 



duced 4 per cent more milk than corn 

 and bran, but 3 per cent less than cotton- 

 seed or linseed meal. The quality of 

 the milk from buckwheat was about 

 equal to that from other feeds. Subse- 

 quent tests confirmed these results and 

 showed that milk from buckwheat mid- 

 dlings contained more fat than that 

 from any other feeds used in the com- 

 parison. The middlings made a firmer 

 butter than any other grain ration. 

 Buckwheat middlings should be mixed 

 with other feeds, since they may not be 

 well relished alone. In New Hamp- 

 shire, ground buckwheat has been found 

 excellent for milk production, and in 

 New Jersey, buckwheat bran free from 

 hulls appeared to be about equal to buck- 

 wheat middlings. At the Pennsylvania 

 experiment station, buckwheat middlings 



