Roosevelt Standard | 1924-10-01 | Page 2 | Wheat in Dairy Rations is Highly Recommended

wheat in dairy rations Is highly recommended recent low farm prices of wheat and the relatively higher price of 0 bran and other grainland grains grain sand and product byproduct by feeds have produced an interest in the athe feeding value of wheat for live stock As wheat Is usually too valuable to feed to dairy cattle unless unfit for milling purposes few dairymen have had bad experience in feeding it it ground wheat while not as palatable as other cereal grallis grains due to the tact fact that it forms a sticky mass in the mouth still Is an excellent teed feed the grain can be crushed brushed instead of ground and when fed in a grain mixture with bulky feeds this objection Is largely overcome wheat contains practically the same game amount of digestible carbohydrates but considerably less fat than corn wheat Is slightly richer in digestible protein but Is slightly lower in total digest digestible fill anut nutrients rl ants As compared to wheat bran whole wheat contains less protein but almost 25 per cent more total digestible nutrients while bran Is light and ad bulky whole wheat has the opposite characteristic te therefore bran does not replace wheat heat as well as does docs corn