The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-09-24
TESTS IN FEEDING
SOLVEPRObLEMOF
HGH-PRICED corn
Smaller Poundage of Finer
Grain Shows Greater Gain
Than on Usual Feed
MEANS TO REDUCE SURPLUS
Agricultural Colleges Also Urg.
ing Same Change as Cheap
er, More Profitable

Based on present prices, wheat is
worth approximately 33 per cent more
than corn for the fattening OF baby
beeves, the Farmers Union Terminal
association finds in an analysis OF
figures issued by the Farmers Ma
tional Grain corporation on the value
Of feeding wheat.
"In the fattening of baby beeves,"
the Farmers National Grain corpor-
atoms latest bulletin says, 1T was
found at the Oklahoma experiment
station that calves fed ground wheat,
cottonseed meal, sorghum silage and
alfalfa hay required 459 pounds OF
ground wheat to make 100 pounds
gain, as against SIG pounds OF ground
corn. It required Z per cent less cot
tonseed meal with ground wheat than
with ground corn"
with wheat at "a cents a bushel
and corn at 90 cents, the 459 pounds
OF wheat would cost $6.42h and the
SIC pounds of corn would cost $8.53,
the difference In weights per bushel
being taken into consideration" the
Farmers Union Terminal association
says.
Solution Of Surplus
''Thus the farmer who feeds wheat
not only is helping to reduce the sur
plus which has depressed prices, but
actually is getting a much better
price for his wheat as feed than he
would in selling wheat at present
market prices. The latest bulletin OF
the Farmers National Grain corpor-
alton advises farmers to feed wheat
and help put wheat prices on domes-
tic basis. The bulletin, in part, reads:
Higher prices of corn make the
substitution of other grains in live
stock feeding profitable and econonl-
ical. It seems highly desirable, there
fore, in the light of prevailing con-
ditions, that the attention of farmers
everywhere be called to the advar-
tages of wheat feeding, not only as 9
matter Of economy, but as a means OF
reducing the present surplus of wheat
that is largely responsible for low
wheat prices and thereby enhancing
wheat values.
Experiments Favor Wheat
Authorities of the United States
department of agriculture point out
that most of the small grains are viz
tually equal to corn for stock feed,
while some Of them are superior to
It as growing feeds.
Extensive experiments as to the
value of wheat as feed for livestock
nave been made by the leading agri-
cultural experiment stations of the
country. These results indicate that
wheat when ground is equal to or
slightly superior to shelled corn as q
fattening food for livestock. The
Oklahoma experiment station found
that a protein supplement such as
tankage should be fed with ground
wheat, the same as with corn, In
feeding pigs, but as wheat Is higher
In protein content than corn the
amount Of protein needed will not be
as great. Pigs permitted to select
their own feed consumed approx
mately one pound Of tankage to IS
pounds OF wheat. Sixty pounds OF
ground wheat were found to produce
as much pork as Sc pounds Of shelled
corn. On this basis, when corn Is
selling at 81 q bushel, ground wheat
has q feeding value of SLOT q bushel.
Double Benefit
1.-The effect of the drouth on the
corn crop has been such Is to bring
about wide spreads between wheat
and corn prices. with wheat the suf-
ferer by comparison.
1.-The grain grower faces an exces-
sive carry-over and large supplies OF
new wheat, with continued low prices.
This surplus of wheat may be re-
duced by feeding wheat, with benefit
to the grain grower and to the live
stock producer. The great supplies OF
wheat have forced prices down to a
point where it may be properly con-
sidered from the standpoint Of Its
value as feed for livestock. The large
visible supply is q continuing depress-
ing influence on the market. Agri-
cultural colleges generally are recon-
mending the use Of wheat as feed
and are working out formulas"