Evening star., 1955-01-21
Rye Seen Part Answer
To Protein Hunger
Groin Is Richer Than Wheot
In Bodybuilding Moteriol
By Thomos R. Henry

Rye. which might be grown on mil
lions of now cropless acres In the
United States, could be o partial
answer to protein hunger"
This grain. largely neglected or sold
by the gallon" In this country, containR.
q considerably superior quality Of pro-
teins-the nitrogen containing constit-
uents of food which constitute the
building stones Of the body-than the
tar more popular wheat. according to
report to the American Chemical So
ciety by DR.. Barnett Sure Of the UNI
versity Of Arkansas.
Wheat, pound for pound. contains
more proteins than rye. When these
are balanced in rye and wheat -four.
however, the response of experimental
white mice to the rye proteins is much
greater.
Tests with Mice.
Two groups Of animals. IL each and
with sexes equally divided. says DR..
Sure in his report just published In
Agricultural and Food Chemistry. were
fed rations containing per cent pro-
teins in whole wheat -four and per
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study was conducted with animals in
pairs. One animal on the rye -four
ration was given the same amount OF
food consumed "a hours previously by
the litter mate of the same sex on the
wheat f1our ration. The experiment was
conducted for IS days.
The average gain per animal on the
wheat -four was "a grams (approxi-
mately an ounce and on the rye flour
400 grams. In other words. on the same
amount of food and the same amount
of protein daily the animals on the rye
flour gained 70.4 per cent more in body
weight than those on the wheat flour.
I'm order to determine the chemical
nature Of the body gains" DR.. Sure
continues. controlled feeding was con-
Quoted on two groups of male rats. IL
in each group. The daily food intake
and amount. of proteins was the same
for each group. After an experimental
period Of 80 days the animals were
sacrificed and protein, fat, and ash
were determined. During this period
each animal on the ration containing
the proteins in wheat flour gained las
grams Of fat, I4.9 grams Of protein and
81 grams of minerals. The animals on
the ration containing the proteins in
wheat flour gained only As grams Of
fat. 81 grams Of proteins and l.8 grams
Of minerals. This establishes conclu-
sively the superior efficiency Of the
proteins in whole rye to those in whole
wheat"
Superiority Demonstrated.
The superiority was further demon
strated, DR.. Sure points out, when vari-
GUS amino acids, the basic substances
from which proteins are built, were
added to the diets. These caused con-
siderable increases In growth Of the
wheat protein animals but very little
in those fed on rye proteins. The lat
ter, apparently, didn't need any forti-
fication.
These findings" DR.. Sure says, may
have practical applications In agricul-
ture. In 1852 the annual production Of
rye in this country was only 1870, 900
bushels compared with l,29l,247, 900
bushels Of wheat. This constitutes
about IL per cent Of the wheat crop.
THE leading countries in rye pro-
q duction are Russia, Germany, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, France and Hungary.
Rye can be grown In all States OF the
Union but the chief acreage is In the
Northern and Eastern States. The
highest yields of rye are obtained on
rich, well-drained loan soils, but rye
Is more productive than other cereal
grains on infertile. sandy or acid soils.
1t usually yields less grain than winter
wheat because Of its shorter growing
period and heavier straw growth. How
ever, rye usually is sown on poorer
soils and with poorer seed bed prepa-
ration than is wheat
There are in this country millions
Of acres of waste lands which perhaps
could be converted to rye cultivation
and thus provide plant proteins Of good
quality for man and farm animals"