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Show pitiiHN itUM.irriN, ' Kk t K Tlio Composition nnil feeding HVj Vnluc ni" 1'rozen Wheal. Mm This bulletin is prepared In answer to ' 9R the many inquiries thst havo recently H been mado concerning the feeding valuo- STO? ot frozen wheat. Hsw In order to learn tho composition ot hH such wheal, as compared with that fully HE ripened, two samples were submitted to ' Hj the station chemist tor analyals, ono- Hj representing a good quality ot froten wheat, with a large portion of tbo. kernaleonly slightly shrunken, and a. fl few fully matured, tho other represent- Hj log a lower gradn with no mature ker- ,HH nals, and fully two-thlnla tbtunkcu lo ;Hj about hall site. H The better grado ot froten wheat has H -' 0 pounds less ot dry matter In 100- HJ pound! than that fully matured, and H the poorer grade has about ono pound HJ more t neither grade ot froten wheat H conUlns aa high a per cent, ot protein. HJ or muscle-making material, atdora tho HJ milling whom, but both of them baro H a higher per cent, of tat, an equally val- H uahlo food consllluetit, and nlmoat as Hj largo an amount of carbo-liydratca, H wklch Includo audi nulrlentana sugar, H itairh and gum. Ihcro It an eitra 1 HJ quantity ol crude flbro in both lamplcs HJ of the froten wheat, which Indicates a I H llttlolowerrerient.otdlgoillbllltythan fr HJ lor milling wheat. , H From theelandoliit of composition, '1 taken as a whole, tlio frozen whest ranks ' H Utile Inferior (or alotk (reding lo that H fully ripened. H Tho composition ol both klnda ot I H tcrctnlngsihowi a high feeding value,. !' H though tho large per cent, ot ctudo fibre. '' H Indicates that they aro deal dlgetllbto ' H than any olthe wheats. H On account of tho numerous fine seeds H the first screenings contain, they will H give belter results fed lo sheep than to -H cattle and pigs, Whllo both kinds ot HJ acreenlnga contain u mucli lower per j 'H cent, of carbo-liydratca than tbo wheat, ' H thla atorage Is largely made up for Iu t M their extra quality of ftl, , J In Manitoba and other portions of ! I Canada, where there are frequently V V'SjHf Ma4aw'aS'l '" i t'" ' -llaMi'-, ,. iw,sssssi tfil lie lta vMuef7l7t!rrWrrtsW!'BIPHBBPHtB liigrwlthtliBJruTT!t-lrnl;clpViafr 7 jilB When large iwlne, averaginle(i m - 'H poundi In weight at the beginning of J tlieexperlmuiit,and 275 pouudi at till J close, wero fed froten wheat, 524 pounds 'J w ero required for 100 pounds tncreaio In .H live weight, while at the lamo time, jtlll with a like lot of largo swine 622 pounds I'tl cf mixed grain, rontlitlngof equst parte H by weight of No. 1 wheat, barley and H peat, were required for tho tamo In- jH ircasoln llvo wclijlit. '1 In a serond test, feixllng pigs that jl avoraged (II pounds ach until ttivy Ctsal reached an average welgblof 143 pounds ijl eaoh, 100 oumls Innoaso In livo weight 'lal wereobtaiued from 388 p minis of froon tsBsl wheat The pork waa (unaidered ox- !H eel lent, inuili tuperiui to that ol lurgi il fed on peat alone. pll In both trl.ili tho froten wheat was I'-H ground and soaked for Iwelvoboun bv , J foro feeding. Oao liundied pounds a Ll froten wheat wai found equal lo 701 (Mundsortklminllk In Increasing tbo . 'H live weight ol plgt. St-H Wlien frosan wheat wai fed to two- jlHI year-old atcrt fn comparison Willi H mlxeI meal (made up ol equal parti, H try welght.-vif oil cake, peat ami barley) llHJ ejxa ensilage constituting ilu " ugbuge, ( H the avi-rage dully gains were 1.71 pounds H for tho wheat, and 1.01 ponndt fur tho v H Dilxwl meal, but at market prices of thn VJ H feeding slulf. the (rotted wheat grnlns , HJ were mado at 2 IS lest cost per hundred BJ weight, blcen fod (roten wheat with , H corn ensilage made 15 per csnt. higher JH dally gtlna than those led the mixed J meal with hay and roots and at a coat r J per hundred weightless than one hall i M "The quality of beef from atcera fed on M (roten wheat was pronounced to bo par- J tlcularly excellent by the bntcliers and ''H by tbemembersolelglit different house- assssss! holds who exsmlncd It critically when tH served aa ronat beat." , H The dally ration ol the mltcd meal 'aB and ot tho froten wheat waa la each In- iH atance alx pounda per head. When H both were fed In connection with corn 'H ensilage It required J09 pounda ( tker 'IB mixed meal (or each 100 psunds gain, rssssfi and 343 of the Irozen wheat, JBsB While tho leading tilals reported give- aViflfO no direct comparison ol frozen wheat Iflfl with the fully matured, atill the result. ! H show It to be practically equal to a mix- II H lure ol wheat, oatanad baley for hoe If H feeding aud to aland very high as n H concentrated lood tor fattening cattle. ) H Luther Faster, at Agricultural Expert- I J H ment Station, Logan, I J H J |