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Show Wheat in Dairy Rations Is Highly Recommended Recent low farm prices of wheat and the relatively hither price of bran and other grains and by-product feeds have produced nn Interest In the feeding value of wheat for live stock. As wheat Is usually too valuable to feed to dairy cuttle unless unfit for milling purposes, few dairymen have had experience In feeding It. Ground wheat, while not as palatable palata-ble as other cereal grains, due to the fact that It forms a sticky mass In the mouth, still is an excellent feed. The grain can be crushed Instead of ground and, when fed in a grain mixture mix-ture with bulky feeds, this objection Is largely overcome. Wheat contains practically the same amount of digestible carbohydrates, but considerably less fat than cornj. Wheat Is slightly richer In dlgestlbte protein, bnt Is slightly lower In total digestible nutrients. I As compared to wheat bran, whole J wheat contains less protein, but nlmos J 25 per cent more total digestible nutrl I ents. While bran Is light and bulks! whole wheat has the opposite charafl terlstlc. Therefore, bran does not v' place wheat as well as does corn. I |