Show i Screenings Good for Live Stock Undesirable Farm Product Consisting Principally of Various Weed Seeds Prepared by the United State Statu Department of A There are a dozen reasons why screenings should be separated on the farm and fed to live stock says sas the Ule United States Department of ture Screenings are an unde undesirable farm product consisting principally of ot weed seeds cracked and shrunken kernels of ot grain chaff broken stems and straws dirt and other foreign material and often constitute 10 to 20 per cent ent of the grain as us it comes from the thresher The They should not however how bow ever be regarded as a n waste vaste but should be turned to valuable account by feeding t them em to live stock Gives Screenings Away When screenings are sold with the Ule grain the they are classed as dockage and the grain farmer actually gives them away because his grain Is docked according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the proportion of ot screenIngs screenings screenings screen screen- ings it contains This loss to the grain i farmer mounts to huge figures when large sections are considered In 1023 1923 for tor example nearly bushels of ot screenings were pro produced threshed and marketed as dockage In n the states of ot North Dakota South Dakota MInnesota Minnesota Minnesota Min MIn- and Montana The sum sura of was paid by the farmers of ot these states for threshing Ing their screenings screenings screen screen- ings or dockage and was paid to the railroads for hauling it to the terminal markets Millions of ot dollars dollars' worth of ot good feed was thus given away The grain farmer was the loser The average a screenings are arc more nearl nearly equal to oats in n composition than any other common feed Heavy screenings from which the chaffy chatTy material has been removed are nearly I equal to corn wheat or barley in n the I percentages of ot the various nutrients More than 3 lambs could have been fed with the wheat t screenings that were wasted in the four spring spring- wheat states In n 1923 1023 forming the entire entire entire en en- tire grain ration The resulting Increase increase increase in In- crease In weight of ot the lambs at 12 cents cent per pound would have brought to the farmers The spring spring- n wheat farmers who no their market market mar mur- ket wheat on the farm in 1923 1023 gained over t 5 cents per bushel as a a. result of ot the cle cleaning Can Remove Screenings When a farmer who grows little or orno orno orno no grain wants to feed screenings he must pay high prices for them In in a ready mixed feed teed or must purchase them of ot the elevator or mill that has separated them The grain farmer on the other hand can separate them at atthe atthe atthe the thresher or granary and feed them themas as a product by-product of ot his farm He lie pays no freight or middleman's commission By means of a cleaning machine the Ule screenings can be removed from wheat from wheat or rye at a cost of ot 2 or 3 cents per bushel A number of ot these cleaning machines will be In operation In the wheat spring-wheat states this year ear as a result result result re re- sult of the work of the United States Department of ot Agriculture In n showing the feeding value of ot this product for tor all kinds of ot live stock and the practicability practicability and economy of ot separating it and feeding It on the farm |