The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-12-05
THE NEWs-HERALD HILLsBoRo THURSDAY DECEMBER 1901
WHY NOT FEED wHEAT7
AZ Present Prices stock Farmers ~
Well as Dairymen Could Make
Money In This Way.

At time like the present when wheat
is bringing comparatively low price
it is a very important matter to
farmers to make the best possible use
of the crop. Aud when. as now, corn is
high many farmers are considering
the best possible economy of feeding
wheat to their live stock rather than
sending IT to the mills. This is ques-
tion of the utmost Importance to the
farmers of the northwest, and, incl
dentally, to the whole country, for
whatever makes the farmers more
prosperous makes the towns and cities
more prosperous.
To assist in solving this problem for
the farmers Prof. Snyder. of the Min.
nesota Agricultural Experiment sta
ton. has just complied bulletin show
ing the results of experiments in feed
ing wheat, made by the various expert
ment stations of the country during
few years past. This brings to-
gether a mass of practica informant ton
on the subject and may be taken as
authoritative.
~ lhV ~ wv
onstrated that ground wheat was 10
per cent. more digestible than when
fed whole. but slightly less digesti-
BILE than corn. But mixture of the
two feeds was found to be better than
either one fed separately. This was
also shown at the tests at the Wiscon-
sin station where an average of 400
/ - a
to produce 100 pounds gain in live
weight of hogs. while 40s pounds of
corn produced the same results; but
when wheat and corn were mixed in
equal parts, on,y 4S5 pounds of the
feed were necessary to produce gain
of 100 pounds in weight of he animals.
The bulletin gives account of many
other very interesting experiments
which are well worth reading by the
intelligent farmer. But the gist of the
whole matter is found in the summary
at the close which says:
"rhe results obtained when wheat
was fed at he various experiment sta
tions show that. a. a food for grow
ing pigs. il is somewhat pre- ferable to
corn. The best results. however. are
obtained when wheat is ground and
fed with other grains. A mixture of
equal parts of ground wheat and Gorn
gives better results than either wheat
or corn when fed alone. Experiments :
show that ground wheat is ten per
cent. more di9estible than whole
wheat. When the price of wheat is low
and it can he purchased for the same
price per pound or less than corn. it
will pay to use wheat in ration. The
manure from wheat-fed animals is
| more valuable than from corn-fed an
imals. AS food for dairy animals
ground wheat has been found to be
fully equal TO corn or a mixture of corn
and barley. and when fed to fatteninc
steers ground wheat produced about
the same results in a ration as ground
corn. From the experiments tha have
been conducted. il would appear that
the value of wheat. as a food. depends.
to great extent, on the way in which il
is fed. and the foods with which il is
combined. When properly used and
combined with other grains. wheat i
a valuable animal food. In addition %
its being equal to corn for fattenine
animals. and superior TO corn for
growing animals, it is also equal to
corn In a dairy ration"