The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-09-20
Wheat For Stock.

The Bureau OF Animal Industry, ab-anch
of the United States Department OF Agri-
culture. has been investigating the value of
heat as food for animals.
Wheat formerly sold at tEO and three
times as much per bGshel as corn, hut the
latter Is now on top and has been fer some
time, aud it would b. gcod deal more If
grain were sold blythe pound here, IS j, is in
some countries, there being four more pounds
Of wheat than corn TO the hushel.
Ths result of these inves,iga gasions shows
that it is more profitable - feed wheat, and
particularly the poorer qllli,iss, 10 sock
than IL is 20 sell it. ''We may 'afeiy con-
elude,' says DR. Salmon. chief os the bureau,
SHAT the screenings and imperfect wheat
should be fed and only the best wheat put
upon the market"
The chemical analyses made by the bu-
rsau shows thai wheat contains practically
the same amount of protein per 100 pounds
as oats. and that both wheat Land oats have
30 per cen. more than corn. Wheat has,
however, only about half as much fatty
matter as corn and oats. In carbohydrates
wbeat ranks above oats, but below corn.
The fat in the animal Is produced from
protein as well as from the fatty substance
Protein also helps to build up the albumin
old tissues, of which the muscles are the
most prUminen. part. The carbohydrates
sustain the heat of the body, and II they
are net present in sufficient quantities. tbs
deficiency must be supplied from the fat.
Wheat is particularly adapted for growing
animals on account of its abundance or pro
tein, which supplies the material TO. bnilding
up the muscles, tenoons and other album-
| mold structers. II IS also good faItening
food. In fact, the CHEMICAL Investigations
show that 1t Is better for both fatteuing and
growing animals than corn, bat DR. Salmon
is no. willing to coneede so much. "Corn.
he says, "comes nearer being an ideal grain
f1r faitening animals in this couniry thar
Is indicated by the chemists tables" He
thinks that such animals d. not need Al
l
standard. the one on which this report is
based. Equal parts OF wheat and corn are
recommended for fa:tening animals. This
mixture would be better than eithe. grsin'
alone. '.For growing animals corn is plain
| y no. so suitable as wheat or oats"
When wheat and corn are the same price
per bushel it is preferable 10 feed wheat and
sell corn, Gays the report, because wheat Il
7 per cent heavier rer bushel than corn: be.
cause, weigh for weight is an equally good
grain for fattening animals and better one
for growing animals; and. thirdly, "because
there is much less value in feItilizing ele-
ments removed from the fam in corn than
In wheat
When the change from com or oats to
wheat Is made 1t should b. gradual one.
The wheat shouts be mixed with some
| grain 10 which the animals is accustomed.
These precautions are especially neces-
Ssiy when whea. II fed 20 horses, as they
are particularly Liable 10 collie and other in
iernal disturbances.
The best form in which 10 feed wheat Ia
co4rse meal. II to fine il becomes Pas'y
and sdheras to the teeth and gums and is
no: readily masticsted, '.In the torn Of
a coarse meal it is relsbed Ly all animals
andsis 10 a condition too be attacked by The
digestive processes whether thoroughly
masticated or not. These recommendation
apply 10 all animals except sheep. Btetsr
results have been obtsined from whole than
from ground wheat when fed 10 sheep.