The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-12
WHEAT AS A STOCK FOOD.
HOW 1T COMPARES WITH THE OLD
STANDBY AND RELIABLE CORN.
Their Nutritive NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
That Have Demonstrated the Par
ticuIar and Special Properties of
Each Kind of Grain-Farm Notes,
Hints to Housekeepers and Col
lection of Valuable Recipes.

Attention, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. is being attracted TO wheat as food
for stock. every section of the United
States being interested. Corn has here
tofore had the preference because it was
lower in price per bushel. and corn is
more extensively grown because the large
amount of slower adds to the value of
the crop. and less outlay is required for
implements in harvesting. A home de-
mand for corn as stock food has also
assisted to give it the preference over
wheat. hence a larger area has been de-
voted to corn and oats than to wheat,
and greater crops of those grains have
been grown. The fact that but little corn
is exported, comparatively. though the
corn crop is usually three times as large
as that OF wheat. indicates that the
amount used for stock is enormous, and
when 1t is considered that oats also find
SAFE at home. the total amount consumed
on the farms, of al grains mostly as
stock food. is perhaps greater than that
used for consumption by the common
family. and requires less handling and
transportation.
Comparing corn and wheat analyses
show that wheat contains 9.3 per cent
of protein and corn IL per cent Pro-
TEN is the muscle-producing substance.
Corn contains AZ per cent of fat, and
wheat is per cent; of starch corn con
tains ST. per cent. and wheat 55.S per
cent. Both the fat and starch are heat
producing and fat-forming substances. 1t
viii thus be noticed that while corn con-
tains a greater share of those substances
which are suitable for producing fat.
wheat eXcels in the muscle-ma king ele-
ments. yet wheat is but little behind corn
in fat and starch. Wheat as ii contains
more protein than corn. is better adapted
for horses that work. for young stock
that are growing and for COWS that are
producing milk, while corn is more suit
able for rapid gain in fat. Experiments
IN feeding wheat to hogs at the Canada
experiment station showed a gain of
about one pound of pork for every nine
pounds of wheat fed, and at the Oregon
station a mixture Of equal parts of oats
and wheat gave a gain of one pound for
every AS pounds of the mixture fed
Cattemen contend that a bushel of
wheat is equal to one and a third bushels
OF corn; that is, sixty pounds of wheat
are equivalent to seventy-five pounds Of
corn.
1t is not recommended to feed whole
wheat. Sheep can eat the whole grains
and so can horses that are young, but It
Is better TO have ii coarsely ground, the
grinding mills used on farms being capa-
bic Of reducing it. When fed to hogs it
should be ground and soaked. &For cows
it should be ground and fed tn equal
parts of corn and oats. or the Whole may
De ground together. If bran is added to
the ground mixture the food will contain
more mineral matter and protein. thus
balancing the ration. AS all grains
should be fed in connection with hay and
other coarse foods. wheat is no excep-
ton. The feeding of wheat to stock will
have an influence on the visible supply
so frequently alluded to. as a large pro-
portion will be used for stock instead of
being ground into flour