The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-12-06
WHY NOT FEED wHEATp
As frese"t Prices stock Farmers -
Well ne Dnir,men Could Make
Money Ia Thi. Way.


Alta time Ike the present v hen v heat
Is bringing comparatively low price
II Is very important matter 10
farmers 10 MAKE the hes possible use
OF the crop. And when. as now, corn is
nigh many farmers are considering
The best possible economy Of feeding
wheat TO their live stock ra her than
sending il 10 the mills. This is a ques-
ton Of the utmost importance to the
farmers Of the northwest, and, incl
dentally, to the whole country, for
Whatever makes tine farmers more
prosperous makes the towns and cities
more prosperous.
To assist in solving this problem for
the farmers Prof. Snyder. OF he Min
nesota Agricultural Experiment sta
ton. has just compiled bulle;i show
ing The results Of experiments in feed
Ing wheat. made by the various expert
Mrnt stations Of the country during
few years past. This brings TO-
eether mass OF practical informa ton
on the subject and may be taken as
authoritative.
~ the Minnesota station IL was de m
onsirated that ground wheat was 10
per cent. more diges;ible than when
fed whole. but slightly less dige IL
be than corn. But a mixture of the
two feeds was found TO be better than
either one fed separately. This was
also shown al the tests at the Wiscon-
sin station where an average OF 400
pounds Of ground wheat was required
TO produce 100 pounds gain in live
weight of hogs. while i9s pounds Of
corn produced the same results: but
when wheat and corn were mixed in
equal parts. on.y ass pounds of the
fesG were necessary TO produce a gain
OF 100 pounds in weight Of the 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:
The results obtained when wheat
was fed at the various experiment sta
iiOns show that. as a food for grow
Ing pigs. il is somewhat pre- ferable 10
corn. The best results. however. are
obtained when wheat is ground and
fed VII other grains. \ mixture Of
equal parts Of ground wheat and corn
gives better results than either wheat
or corn when fed alone. Experiments
show that ground wheat is ten per
cent. more digestib,e than whole
wheat. When the price 81 wheat is low
and il can be purchased for the same
price per pound or less than corn. II
viii pay 70 us. wheat in a ration. The
manure from whea.-fcd animals is
more valuable than from c0rn-fed an
imals. As food for dairy amin ais
ground wheat has been found TO be
fully equal 20 corn or q mixture of corn
and barley. and when fed to fattening
steers ground wheat produced about
the same results in a ration a X ground
corn. From the experiments hat have
been conducted. it would appear that
the value Of wheat. as n food. Dope r. ds,
to greatextcnt. on the way in which it
Is fed. and he foods with which ii is
combined. When properly used and
combined with other grains. wheat is
a valuable animal food. In addition to
its being equa. 20 corn for fattening
animals. and superior 70 corn for
growing animals. ii is also equal to
corn in a dairy ration"