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Show Buckwheat Has Feeding Value for Daily Cows Uuchwhcat has a fair feeding value for cattle. The woody hulls of the buckwheat kernels have little feeding value themselves, but may be used to add bulk to a ration of other grains. Buckwheat middlings, which are separated sepa-rated from the hull In milling, contain 28 per cent crude protein and a fair amount of fat. Buckwheat bran Is, of course, less valuable than buckwheat buck-wheat middlings, and when the brnn doc3 not contain more than half hulls It Is regarded as about four-fifths us valuable as wheat bran. Such bran tns about in per cent protein and 24 per cent liber. Buckwheat products Lelp to produce a large flow of milk 'when fed intelligently to dairy cows. If buckwheat Is not given In excessive amonnts It Is not Injurious to the quality of the butter produced by n herd. |