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FEEDING PROBLEMS. ' 
Feeding Value of Wheat. 
AN we afford to feed wheat to growing 
shotes or feeding hogs? At current 
prices, wheat 71; corn SO cents a 
passed through the hogs. In their ex¬ 
periment the increased gains made by 
bushel and hominy meal $28 per ton, it grinding more than paid for their cost of 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
than with whole wheat which has been caused in this way, it is impossible to 
soaked. They found that even when the know whether his undersize has been 
whole wheat was soaked, much of it caused by inheritance or under feeding, 
and he is always looked upon unfavor¬ 
ably. F. C. MIN KLEE. 
seems wheat could be fed cheaper than 
corn. I have an idea a ration of half 
wheat and half hominy meal, wheat eith¬ 
er being ground or soaked, would make a 
good ration. C. V. E. 
Clayton, Ind. 
LIVE STOCK NOTES. 
T HE present dairy conditions in this 
section are very good. Pastures 
are in good condition, with the pros- 
grinding, tvhieh was estimated at four 
cents per bushel. While I know of no 
data on the subject it is usually consid¬ 
ered that crushed or coarsely ground 
wheat is to be preferred to that which pect that they will continue so for some 
There is very little difference between has been finely ground, since it does not time. The hay crop will be from one- 
the feeding value of whole wheat and form such a sticky mass in the hog’s tl lirc l to‘um-quarter better than last year. 
whole corn for use with swine. The mouth. There is no data to show that Creamery informs me that the price C pa- 
wheat if soaked or ground and fed alone any advantage is to be had by soaking trons have received for their milk thus 
in the form of a slop is very apt to the wheat after grinding. Most men in * ar 1914 is a trifle better than for the 
cause disorders of the digestive system practice, however, prefer to feed it wet £'pT iTthis nVdghbm'hood 'lu-e TrldT'jer- 
it being rather doughy in its nature* and rather than dry* since there is not so sevs and Holstein, some of our farmers 
at the price quoted, namely wheat at 71 much danger of its being wasted. If not are working into registered stock. Most 
and corn at 80, I would suggest equal allowed to become too sour, souring will °f our thrifty farmers are interested in 
parts of corn and wheat to which 10 perhaps give as good results ns sweet 
pei cent, of digester tankage has been feed. However, there is no advantage in business at present prices?” That de- 
added. The hominy at $28 per ton could feeding it sour. It should always be fed pends on who the man is. In support of 
be substituted safely for the corn, yet I one way or the other, i.e., sweet feed t^is conclusion I will relate a bit of in- 
would prefer feeding the ground wheat should not be fed once and sour feed an- your own conclusions. Within a short 
and tankage in the form of a slop, and other, since this kind of feeding is apt distance of where I write there lives a 
let them have the corn on the cob. I do to cause indigestion. dairyman, who in addition to his dairy 
not think that it pays to grind corn for “Would you expect better gains by keeps:several hundred hens. A few years 
pigs unless they are very small, and feeding wheat and corn mixed than when mortgage, Tut by'fnard work 'ami the exer- 
even at this age they should not be given either is fed alone?” cise of good judgment he has not only 
Experimental work indicates that a liftod the mortgage, built a large barn 
: c , and house with modern improvements, be- 
mixture of corn and wheat is more ef- sides hag accumu i ated a substantial bank 
ncient than when either of these feeds are account, and after accomplishing this he 
fed alone. I should advise, however, that invested in an automobile, and while he 
the ration also include a small amount * s ®till on his job and sees to it that 
large amounts of soaked or shelled corn. 
Your suggestion of a ration of equal parts 
of ground w r heat and hominy would do 
very well in case you fed in addition some 
digester tankage. The comparative analy- ____ ~ 
sis of wheat, corn and hominy feed is of some feed such as tankage or linseed r^offS 
given below: 
U 
9 
1 
Ash. 
Crude 
Pro¬ 
tein. 
Carbo 
Fiber. 
lydrates. 
N-Free 
extract. 
Fat. 
Oornmeal_ 
15.0 
1.4 
9.2 
1.9 
68.7 
3.8 
Hominy feed 
0.6 
2.7 
10.5 
4.9 
61.3 
8.0 
Wheat. 
10.5 
1.8 
11.9 
1.8 
71.9 
2.1 
oil meal. I am told of another man in a nearby 
“When corn is worth 75 cents and town, whose worldly goods consisted of 
wheat 65, in what proportion would you 
a hundred-acre farm, stocked with a herd 
. . , . ... . __ a of 10 cow t s, the income from which he de¬ 
feed it to pigs weighing from <o to loO pended upon to support his family of 
pounds, and to hogs in the fattening per 
iod, 150 to 250 pounds?” 
A good ration for the lighter weight 
shote would be corn five parts, w r heat 
five parts, tankage one part by weight 
seven; recently he sold his 10 cows for 
$750 and invested the money in an auto¬ 
mobile. Granting this to be true; we 
may reasonably expect that at least one 
of three things will happen; either he 
will wear out his automobile going about 
You will note that there is not a great p or heavier shotes the amount of the country trying to make himself and 
»« wheat and wheat an(J corn migtt * iMreascd until 
the corn, it being a question of palata- t h e corn and wheat would make up from city and join the vast army of kickers; 
r Flm riicroctnr fntilrnorn will lrinmnco a , -* __ i r i v j* _ rm . _ ... 4.1— 1 _^1: . • n x u 1 
bility. The digester tankage will increase 
the palatability. Furthermore, by means 
of cost comparison, wheat at 71 cents per 
bushel would be at the rate of $23.66 per 
ton, while corn at 80 cents per bushel, fig- 
12 to 16 parts of the ration. The young- or else the transaction will teach him a 
er the shotes the larger the amount of l essaa > which in after years may be well 
worth the price of an automobile. 
tankage required. 
“With corn at 65 cents and wheat at 
70, and hogs at seven cents, will it not 
Chenango Co., N. Y. 
II. D. F. 
uring 60 pounds to the bushel, would be pay better to feed wheat to hogs than it 
at the rate of $26.66 per ton. F. c. M. to sc p ;t?>* 
With feeds at the above prices it would 
Question About heeding Wheat. p ay better to sell the wheat than to feed 
Value of Hay Caps. 
H 
OARD’S Dairyman gives the follow¬ 
ing testimony for hay crops: 
“The excessive rains during nearly the 
{{■pvO you consider wheat of equal value it, since the ration of corn and tankage whole of June have produced very serious 
V with corn for feed™ liogs?” would be more economical than a ration |,° s n s si *„ 0 “tvhere < hay°rapl te?e“n<jt° S 
Experimental work indicates that of corn, wheat and tankage, or wheat and j jj m<in y instances there has resulted an 
tankage. almost total loss of the cutting, and even 
“What do vou think of wheat as a ra- when a portion was saved the damage to 
its feeding value may be fairly estimated 
Uon for brood sows? to exceed 662 /, per cent, where no hay 
There is little of any data available caps were used. On the Hoard’s Dairy¬ 
showing the value of wheat when fed to man Farm, for example, we have had 
wheat and corn are about equal pound 
for pound as a hog feed. Both corn and 
wheat have about the same composition. 
The wheat is considered a little better 
ration for growing animals, corn on the _ 
other hand being preferred as a fattening brood sows. There is somewhat a pre- nearly 40 acres standing in the cock un- 
feeding stuff. Since wheat and corn vailing opinion in sections where wheat resu ] t \ s tbat all of the bottom of the 
have about the same composition, being is used to a large extent for this purpose cocks on a considerable portion had to be 
high in carbohydrates and fat, or energy that the wheat will cause barrenness in thrown aside and drawn to the manure 
building nutrients, and low in protein, brood sows. As stated above, however, f^ng^ondftkim 6 ThSL°hL“al»7b2[ 
or muscle-building nutrients, they should there is no definite data to show that this SO ri 0 us injury through the smothering of 
both be supplemented with some other is the case. Wheat in limited amounts the roots under the cocks as it was im- 
is to be recommended and the price of possible to pull them over upon fresh 
wheat as compared with corn makes the ground often enough to prevent this in- 
, , , . . . jury. Without the hay-caps we would 
feeding of wheat economical. have lost about the whole of the first 
“What is the best way to feed wheat, cutting. As it is, we have saved and 
on a) feeding floor, or in troughs?” put into the mow in the last few days, in 
Since it is recommended that wheat be t c ' on .TT'^!i Vn f ut -}~ e , cr 5 * p ?Jl 088 
, , , , t not to exceed 10 to 15 per cent, When 
fed ground and wet, it would be best, of we consider the high feeding value of Al- 
course, to feed it in troughs. The Mis- falfa it is amazing to us to see how many 
Data on the above subjects is rather souri Experiment Station has some un- rm .®F s tllere are who attempt to grow 
conflicting. The results of some expen- published data along these lines and is cur j n g with hay-caps, 
ments say that such is the case, while planning to conduct further tests and 
that of other experiments do not record hopes to have data available for distribu¬ 
tion along this line in the near future. 
Mo. Exp. Station. L. A. weaves. 
feed such as tankage, linseed oil meal, 
skim-milk and the like. In other words, 
when wheat is added to the ration it 
should be considered a substitute for corn 
rather than a supplement to corn. 
“Is there danger in feeding a single 
wheat ration on account of digestive trou¬ 
bles?” 
Feeding Young Bull. 
this difficulty. The Missouri station last 
Winter fed straight wheat to shotes for 
120 days without any bad results along 
this line. 
“In feeding wheat to hogs, should it be 
crushed, ground fine or fed whole, and 
should it be fed dry or soaked, and if 
soaked, will it injure it to sour it or a number of farmers that if I grain him 
should it be fed sweet? The cost of too heavily to grow him I will spoil him 
grinding is about five cents a bushel in f° r breeding purposes. Let me know 
thi <5 8 t<i(-e” your opinion on this. I am feeding corn 
. ’ , ... TT . , . and oats (ground) equal parts in weight. 
Among other things, Henry m his They claim they have known dairies to go 
Feeds and Feeding, has the following to farrow 7 by using such a bull. c. w. M. 
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lower berth. He was told that there 
were none left. “Gimme an upper, then.” 
“Pardon me,” said the ticket seller, as 
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AM raising a purebred Holstein bull, portions of the man, “but you’ll never 
. ls . , nov Y H m o n tbs old. I do not be able to get into an upper.” The fat 
need him for service until June, when p9rsoI1 smiled grimly. “I won’t have to,” 
he will be 16^months old. ^am told by ( ,„ 0 th he. “When the man who has the 
lower berth has a look at me he’ll be 
glad to change.”—Chicago Live Stock 
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