Show AF to aue pro re FEED ED WHEAT TO FARM ANIMALS experiments made by awen ty five stations bulletin no 2 of the federal farm arm board entitled practical experiences lo in feeding wheat contains the results of experiments bents by twenty five college stations in feeding wheat to uve live stock and Is the latest authentic information on the subject most of the experiments were made recently but it Is 13 an interesting fact that as early as 1894 the south dakota experiment station st atlon published the results of some feeding trials which showed that wheat was about equal to corn as a feed for hogs in the ft winter inter of 1001 1901 02 the agricultural experiment station of the university of nebraska conducted a test to determine the comparative para tive feeding value of wheat and corn tor for cattle the result of that experiment was that wheat had a feeding value of about 5 per cent gr greater eater than corn I 1 milecent becent experiences ot or stations nud and fa banners in feeding wheat to hogs give it a value of from to per bushel and in all such experiments it was shown that wheat tins has a value equal or slightly greater than corn the showing with cattle and sheep was not quite so good but with pout poul try it was equally favorable fao rable tile the bulletin based upon lill all experiments suggests that wheat and corn appear to be practically interchangeable in live stock rations and it depends upon the relative price as to which one would be the more profitable to feed color Is given bulletin no 0 2 b y a statement that former president coolidge 0 al eats cats wheat regularly for break fast his formula Is two parts of wheat and one of rye it Is cooked whole without grinding the grain Is just as it comes from the field and Is put in a double boiler and cooked until the kernels of wheat burst open tills this sometimes takes four or five hours raise more horses for efficient farm power will consumption of milk rind and bread and meat stand still TI the I 1 e ti time a Is not far distant when it will declines wayne wane dinsmore secretary of f th the horse association of america I 1 in a 1 recently issued statement calill childless d I 1 e marriages fewer mouths for the farmer to feed 17 farmers must ren realize lize mr dinsmore says that a wise after alternative natIve Is to raise and feed some live stock not intended for human consumption but for serving them in their farm operations us efficient cheaply clie aply kept farm pom power good sound horses hordes and mules in other words used in big teams they are the best most efficient form of power tor for tile the farm and kept on pasture as they should be they cause tile the owner almost no cash expense anyone desiring a copy of the statement in full may have it by writing to wayne wane dinsmore secretary horse association of america union stock yards chicago wheat fed live stock to relieve situation everyone Is agreed that the price of wheat next year must depend to a large extent on whether or not the tha present surplus Is taken off the hinr ket to be used ns as live stock feed it Is also a well known fact that shortage in corn amounts to as much or more than the surplus of wheat and small grain in this connection it Is Interest interesting irig to note stint in when a somewhat similar condition presented itself there ther ewas was bushels of wheat used on carnis primarily for or live stock feed in 1027 1927 which ans ns the next highest year bushels were used for that purpose for the good of both th the live stock industry and the wheat producer it is to be hoped that considerably more wheat will be red fed this year than either one of the two previously high years beef breeding herd the advantages of crossing good beef bulls on grade dairy cows where the owner does not care to grade up tip his dairy herd are numerous the alie calves so produced will sell higher as veal calves they may be fed on out t and sold as fat steers hr or heifers heffers hei fers thus utilizing some of the cli cheaper paper roughage and pastures the heifers heffers may be retained and bred back to a good sire as mentioned thus establishing a grade beet beef breeding herd at little cost such a herd will produce market topping steers gains on lambs lambs I are very efficient of at feeds pont pounds of corn and five pounds tit of alfairan or clover hay will produce a pound of gain on it a lalih when corn arn Is 18 at I 1 colit cent per pound and hay bay at approximately A I 1 per p n mid there shou should id be a margin fur the feeder alic IM X u 1 m 10 nellt for lbs aher ivka tire ire one can w the ui cost of nf an f gain and determine whether it il would tic he polley to amiter the galip |