The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-20
wheatbran and Corn as Feed.

A cores ondent wishes to know the
feeding value of wheatbran as compared
with corn
To give the comparative value of these
two feeds in the most practical form,
namely, the amount of flesh formers
which can be secured by these respec-
lively when fed TO the average steer or
hog, is impossible, says Prof. Georgeson
in the Epitomist. First, because we
have no standard representing \the aver
age feeding quality of steers and hogs,
and, second, because we do not have a
sufficient number of records for the re-
suits of the Two feeds.
1t Is, however, possible to compare
them on the basis of the digestible nutri-
mentS they contain as well as that of
general experience.
1.-THE nutrimenJs in any feed are al
buminoids. or flesh formers, and carbo-
hydrates and fats, which together pro-
duce heat and energy and aid in the for
nation OF fat OF these the albuminoids
are the most valuable Now, bran con
tains of digestible albuminods 1876
pounds, of digestible carbohydrates AL
pounds, and digestible fat 30 pounds in
every uhundredweight of bran. Corn
contains, on the other hand, of the
digestible albuminoids g.. Is pounds carbo-
hydrates 60,6 pounds, and fats 3l4
pounds in every hundredweight
of corn. We see at once
from this that bran contains nearly
twice the amount of digestible albumi-
noids that corn contains. Corn, on the
other hand, has more of the carbo-
hydrates of fat than is found in bran
Average oil meal contains 27.l digestible
albuminoids, 34.3 carbohydrates and
per cent fat in hundred-weight Now,
every one knows that corn meal is better
! than corn, although it has only about
one-half the amount of digestib BILE carbo-
hydrates. The value of oil meal lies in
the great fHGRtity Of flesh forming mate
rial found IN it, and in like manner bran
is better than corn as feed, because it
| contains larger proportion of the flesh
formers (albuminOidS). But there is an
other point in which bran is superior to
corn as well as to many other feeds, and
that is in the per cent. of phosphoric
acid it contains.
This is point that feeders overlook
nearly altogether, but neverthe less it is
point of much value, especially when
feeding young stock Average bran,
when burned, leaves SO per cent. ash, of
this ~ is phosphoric acid, a substance
| much needed in building up the bony
! frame. Corn, when burned, leaves about
| ID per cent ash and of this only 81 is
| phosphoric acid, hence less than 15 of
the amount contained in bran Ordina-
rily we take no account of the ash ele-
ments contained in the feed. because
most animals, and particularly cattle, eat
so much coarse fodder. which contains
large amounts of ash that they get in
this manner much more than they need.
When fed almost exclusively on grain, as
in the case of hogs, ash elements must be
furnished outside of the feed, hence the
need of charcoal, or earthly matters of
some kind. 10 animals which are confined
in close pens and fed on grain exclusively
AS matter of fact, better results will.
in most cases, be obtained by feeding a
judicious mixture of bran and corn, if
they are the only grains, rather than feed
them separately. Bran can be fed alone
to dairy COWS, to calves or other young
growing stock to good advantage and will,
in such cases, give much better results
than corn alone, but when we feed ma
ture animals, either for maintenance or
fattening, corn may do nearly as well as
bran when the bran is fed alone but bet
ter results will in that case be obtained
by feeding judicious mixture of the TWO
What the proportion of bran should be
will vary with circumstances Half and
half is used by many feeders with good
results. 1t is worth notice in this CON
nection that it has been found that bran
is more digestible when fed dry than
when fed moistened, or in the form of
slop. Bran and corn must always remain
the leading feed stuffs in the west, and
we cannot give too much. study to their
Value