Show WHEAT FED TO LIVESTOCK PAYS BIGGER DIVIDENDS ANIMAL husbandman SAYS wheat Is elgh in dige digestible e nu it rients a attle higher in drates aad afeld protein pi roten than corn but b u t not quite so high in tat due to it its higher carbohydrate and pro teli content it has 10 P per er cent highel feeding value for tatt erting livestock says bays harry H smith associate professor of 0 animal husband ry at utah state col lege sipco utah has an over supply 0 of wheat this year professor aBoT smith ie commends menda that its value be increased by sending it ft to market marke t tb the livestock route cattle hogs and sheep like wheat but due to the smallness ol 01 the grain it la 13 necessary ne essary to grind it lor for all animals except sheep in ID order to get its lull full value it in grinding wheat the mistake stake ol oi gi grinding riding it too tine fine Is often made for it is liked better by animals is more easly aas ly digested and will cause causa less digestive disturbance i if ground only rine one enough that all grains are cracked professor smith suggests at the present price being paid for hogs the price ot of wheat can be increased by using usang it to fatten hogs for market professor smith asserts in referring to the following experimental data compiled by the utah agricultural experiment station to produce pounds of 0 pork pounds of wheat 1 IS S pounds ol of alfalfa abfalt a hay in a rack and 28 pounds of were required at present rates this pounds of pork Is worth about giving wheat a value ot of per hundredweight according to his calculations very often it is poss ble that a 1 higher price e can be obtained tor for feed by feeding it on the farm than can be obtained by selling it on n the market and where teed feed is fed on the farm the fertility of the farm Is maintained no other practical way ot of ma maintaining Inta ining soil ter fer eaty has been found professor smith rays in the past few yeas years yea s 1 future farmers and 4 11 club boys have remonstrated that raising a lew few hogs on utah irrigated farms Is a profitable enterprise and the college animal husbandman recommends hogs as the best channel through which to market wheat at its present low price |