522 Feeds and Feeding. 



It is shown that the wheat middlings proved twice as valuable 

 as wheat bran. 



The Copenhagen (Denmark) Station^ found that bran alone did 

 not produce as good results as a mixture of equal parts bran and 

 grain. In several instances bran-feeding caused sickness among the 

 pigs. The pork from wheat bran was poorer than that from grain, 

 and the pigs shrank more in dressing. Where clover or alfalfa hay, 

 roots, or other better bulky feeds are not available, a limited amount 

 of wheat bran is helpful in adding nutriment and volume to the 

 otherwise meager ration usually given brood sows and shotes not 

 being fed for gain. (165) 



853. Rye. — Extensive trials by the Copenhagen (Denmark) Sta- 

 tion- show^ed that rye meal ranks a little below corn meal and about 

 equal to barley meal as a feed for swine. The pork from rye-fed 

 pigs was satisfactory, especially when the ground rye was fed with 

 other grains, milk, or whey. Rye shorts and middlings had a lower 

 feeding value than rye meal and produced a poorer quality of pork. 

 In 1 trial pigs fed rye meal became sick, Coburn^ recommends 

 feeding ground rye as a thin slop, since dry rye meal forms a sticky 

 paste in the pig's throat on which he is liable to choke. A field of 

 rye may often be profitably harvested by turning pigs into it to 

 forage at will. The waste of grain in such cases will usually be 

 small. (177) 



854. Barley. — The value of barley as a pig feed has been studied 

 at a number of stations with the results summarized below: 



I Bui, 33. 2Rpt. 1899. 3 Bui. 63. ■«Ept. 



Ept. 26, 1892. 



^ Kpts. 1887, 1890, 



Swine in America, p. 347. 



