The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-10-19
WHEAT AS FEED.

Growers-Convert the Cheap Grain Into
| High-Priced Pork.
| The quarterly report of Secretary Z.
ID. Coburn. OF the Kansas state board
of agriculture for the quarter ended
/ September 80. is a valuable publica-
ton of over eco pages of statistics for
the farmer. The report. besides cover
ing almost everything CONNECTED with
agricultural and stock operations In
/ the state. deals largely with the ques-
ton of feeding wheat to stock Mr.
/ Coburn has given much attention to
/ this subject. and he is thoroughly con-
WINGED that wheat as feed. especially
at the present low price of the grain
and high price of pork. is more eco
nomical feed than other grains. The
most interesting feature of the report,
therefore. is that relating to feeding
wheat TO farm animals its practice in
Kansas and its bearing upon agrieul-
ture and stock raising, as derived from
I 400 correspondents.
of the p. 81. 523 bushels of win er and
( spring wheat raised in Kansas n 1893.
there has been used as feed fer farm
animals 1859. 333 bushels. or 1874 per
cent. .Cowley and Sumner counties
leading. with 2g.. O44 and 4O7. cor BUSH
els. respectively.
When fed whole perhaps more es-
/ pecially to hogs. % per cent of it
passes the animals unmasticated. and,
hence. undigested and uuassimilated-
/ Three-fourths of the correspondents
reporting. representing fifty counties,
state that pound for pound. wheat IS
superior to corn for fattening hogs
/ leven with the one fourth unsla stieat-
ed by : to 81 per cent: the AZ erage OF
these indicating a superiority ever torn
of l6 per cent. while the average of
the other one-fOurth of the reports
representing twenty-six counties. indi-
Gates it is considered of less worth than
corn by L. per cent.
To the question as to how much live
pork may be expected as fair return
per buShel of wheat fed to hogs. the
average of all the answers is eleven
pounds. and the ariatiOns from seven
pounds. in single instance. to as
much as twenty pounds in one other:
but nearly all put the figures at or
above ten pounds.
Responses from eightv-five counties.
having all the wheat raised except ISL
jI4 bushels. received within the last
ten days of September. this year. to in
quiries sent to 500 correspondents. ask
ing their estimates on the percentage
of the wheat croT, of 1894 which will
be fed to farm animals. represent it as
3O.4 per cent. of the wheat in those
counties: a total of S.524. 9S3 bushels, OF
10 per cent a. 1856 bushelsl more
than the entire previous years crop 50
used.
In general way these reports show:
In Kansas. under the conditions as
to product and prices of wheat and
corn existing in the years 1898. Oh %.
wheat has become very unusual and
very important factor in the grain
feeding of all classes of farm stock.
IL is superior to corn. pound for
pound. as grain to produce healthful,
well balanced growth in young ami
mails
Mixed with corn. oats or bran. it il
much superior TO either alone for work
horses.
Fed TO cows it IS an exceptional milk
producer. and for that purpose corn is
scarcely to be compared with it.
For swine Of all ages it is a healthful
and agreeable food, giving generous
returns in both framework AID flesh,
but fed whole. especially without soak
ing. is used al a disadvantage. Ground
and made into Stops. it Is invaluable
for sucking sOws. and Tor pigs both
before and after weaving. Yet. while
the testimony i so generally favorable
to wheat as d food for swine during
their growing period. the consensus Of
opinion among shippers dealers and
packers is that in finishing for the
market corn. or a large percentage OF
corn yields flesh of a texture and quail
ity superior to that made from wheat
alone.
For cattle it has. at least as a part Of
their grain ration. very high value,
which is much enhanced in the line Of
needed variety by mixing with corn.
and in still greater degree by mixing
judiciously with bran. oil cake or other
albuminous foods tending to balance
the too carbonaceous nature of the
clear wheat.
With corn and wheat apprOximating
the same price per bushel. it is not I'M
profitable nor wicked to feed the wheat;
yet. il it can be ground, rolled. crushed
or in some way broken at total
cost not exceeding ; to : cents per
bushel. 10 feed it whole and dry IS I'M
wise.
IL can be ground at cost of ; cents
per bushel. and on a majority of Kan
sas farms for very much less.
If grinding IS impractical BILE. soaking
from twenty-four to thirty-six hours
(the length of time depending some
what upon the weather and season. is
for various reasons deemed desirable,
but is injudicious to any extent thatits
being moist facilitates swallowing
without the mastication or the proper
mixing with saliva ANY arrangement
or system of feeding by which the
grain vas delivered in such a way that
the animal could eat but slowly would
largely overcome this defect
IL Is a superior food for all fowls,
and. as a promoter of the maximum
egg production, IS unsurpassed by any
other grain
The secretary's report IS WEI worthy
the attention Of the farmers of Kansas
and can be had free by application TO
:. ID. Coburn. secretary OF the state
board OF agriculture. Topeka. Kan
Contest for Odd Fellows.
WICHITA, Kan. Oct. 12.-At the Odd
Fellows grand lodge session this morn
ing H. W. Pond of Fort Scott. gave
nnt;l.. Of his intentinn 70 l.nntess ths.