Feeding Dairy Cattle 

 are not so good in dairy rations as wheat bran. However, 

 all may be used if the total bulk of the mixture is properly 

 maintained through the use of other feeds. The relative 

 value may be computed by means of the amount of total 

 digestible nutrients. Reference to the table in this article 

 will show this. Wheat mixed feed is the mixture of the mill 

 run of all these separated wheat by-products. That is, if the 

 wheat bran, standard wheat middlings, flour wheat middlings 

 and red dog flour from one hundred bushels of wheat milled 

 into flour were all mixed together, the result would be wheat 

 nii.xed feed from such milling. Good mixed feed is :iiore 

 valuable than wheat bran. 



RvK Bv-Produgts: Rye mixed feed is practically the 

 only by-product from rye. It is a medium protein feed of 

 practically the same value as wheat mixed feed but is m.t so 

 palatable. 



Barley Bv-I'roducts: Ground barley is in the low pro- 

 tein class and is as valuable as corn or hominy feed. When 

 manufactured into beer we get two by-products, malt sprouts 

 and brewers' dried grains. Both these feeds are Inilky and 

 high in protein. They are both more valuable than wheat 

 bran but are not so valuable as such high protein grains as 

 distillers' dried grains and gluten feed. There seems to be 

 a prejudice against malt sprouts and brewers' dried grains 

 but if fed by weight it will be found that they are valuable. 

 They are so bulky that one is deceived and apt to underesti- 

 mate their value when fed by measure. Malt sprouts wet 

 up are valuable as a source of succulence when one has no 

 silage. In the opinion of the writer these feeds when prop- 

 erly mixed with others, have a value commensurate with 

 their content of total digestible nutrients. 



Oat By-Prodxtct.s : In the milling of oats the by-products 

 analogous to those from the milling of wheat arise. 

 They are not generally marketed as such, but for the most 

 part find their way into ready mixed feeds. Care should be 

 taken in the purchase of ground oats to see that not too 

 many hulls are present. Ground oats are often made from 

 light oats. The writer has seen a difiference of four per cent, 

 in the crude fiber content of two cars of ground oats bought 

 at the same price at the same time from two well rated 

 companies. 



Cottonseed Meal, Linseed Oil Meal and AFiscellan- 

 EOUS By-PRODUCTS : Cottonseed meal arises in the production 

 of cottonseed oil from cottonseed. It is a very valuable 

 by-product of the high protein group. It is much like gluten 



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