44 Gbain Screenings. 



Feeding experiments have proven that the black seeds are use- 

 less as feed and expensive as adulterants. Their admixture in any- 

 considerable quantity to other feed' makes it unpalatable for all 

 kinds of stock. The addition of molasses to ground screenings con- 

 taining the black seeds, makes the feed palatable, but not economical. 

 The most economical way of making screenings palatable is to remove 

 the black seeds. 



Screenings without the black seeds, may be fed freely to horses, 

 cattle, sheep or swine, but it is more profitable to have such screen- 

 ings compose not more than 50 to 60 per cent of the total grain 

 ration. Buckwheat screenings are especially valuable as poultry feed. 



The manufacturers of threshing machinery are unanimous in 

 stating that their machines are or may be fitted with screens and 

 operated to separate a large part of the screenings at the time of 

 threshing. 



More attention to the cleaning of grain as it is threshed will save 

 the cost of transporting the screenings to the terminal elevators, and 

 will leave the grower in possession of much valuable feed which, if 

 he does not need for his own use, will, find ready sale among live- 

 stockmen. 



The growth of weeds entails an enormous loss each year to 

 farmers, and while it is desirable to utilize everything in grain screen- 

 mgs of good feeding value, it would be better to burn them than to 

 permit their use in ways that will bring about any increase in the 

 number or distribution of noxious weeds. 



