Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-11-17
University Resumes
Cattle-Feeding Trial
Distillers' Dried Rye Grains Also
To Be Tested By Agricultural
Experiment Station In Win
tering OF Ewes.

The wide range of activities at the
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station at the State University which
is investigating the feed value Of dis
tillers' dried rye grains for cattle,
dairy cows and sheep will be continued
during the fall and winter, according
to the announcement Of Professor j..
E. Metzger, Director Of the Expert
ment Station.
The cattle-feeding experiment con-
Quoted last winter and spring is being
resumed this month and will continue
until the middle or the latter part OF
next March. This experiment, wherein
distillers' dried rye grains are sub
stituted for part Of the corn ration
in feeding steers, is under the super
vision of Professor Fred H. Leinbach
and is financed in part by the Associa-
ton of Maryland Distillers and Allied
Industries. There will also be UNDER
taken at the University an experiment
in the wintering of pregnant ewes.
Distillers' dried rye grains wiz be
tested to discover their value in re-
placing a part of the regular ration
of both grain and hay.
Forty head of good to choice feeder
yearling grade Herefords obtained
from Texas were purchased especially
for the resumption of the Battlefield
ing experiment. It is planned to feed
the cattle in four different groups Of
ten each for approximately $50 days.
One Of these groups, a control group,
will receive the regular ration usually
provided for steers in this State. The
others will receive varying amounts
of distillers' rye grain and stillage
substituted for a part Of the corn usu-
ally fed.
The feeding experiment conducted
last fall and winter showed the neces-
sity Of following cattle that are being
fed for the market with hogs in order
to recover any waste which often rep
resents the difference between profit
and loss. It showed, too, that the use
of distillers' dried rye grains in place
Of part Of the corn ration resulted in
gains at a lower cost. The dried rye
grains were practically as well assimi-
lated as the corn they replaced and
because Of the cheaper cost, the use
of the rye grains resulted in greater
profits.
The present cattle-feeding expert
ment follows trial conducted by Pro-
fessors X. L. Turk and M. H. Berry
to determine the feeding value Of dis
tillers' stillage for dairy cows. While
some difficulty was noted in getting
the cows to consume the stillage at
the beginning Of the experiment, the
longer the cows were kept on the still
age ration, the greater was the mar
gin Of added milk production over q
group fed the regular ration Of grain,
silage and alfalfa hay.
Contrary to the assumption Of the
public health regulations, stillage had
no deleterious effects on the flavor and
odors Of the milk obtained during the
experiment. The palatability Of the
stillage was increased by the addition
of about one-haf pint Of cane mo-
lasses per cow per day until the cows
became accustomed to drinking it. In
in all cases the stillage was fed imme-
diately after milking and best results
were obtained when it was fed at q
temperature Of approximately LOO de-
grees Fahrenheit.