Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1917 — PREPARED GRAIN IS SUPERIOR FOR STOCK [ARTICLE]

PREPARED GRAIN IS SUPERIOR FOR STOCK

Horses, Especially, Relish Ground Feed and Grinding Increases Its Digestibility. The farmer who feeds grain finds that grinding is one of the practical ways to get the greatest feeding value. In man, his intelligence tells him to chew his food and the more he chews it the more benefit he derives from it. Animals have no such intelligence, thus their food must be prepared for them. This can be done by grinding and the grains are broken up so that the digestive fluids are given a better chance to do their work. A saving of about 12 per cent can be made by grinding oats, barley, rye, wheat and peas. It pays -always to grind the small grains and the benefits derived seem to be well established. Horses, especially, relish ground grain and crushing the grain for them increases its digestibility. When a 4U»rse becomes old and its teeth get bad, nothing will keep it in any better condition than ground grain. Cattle fed on ground grains gain more fa a shorter time than those fed on unground grains. Cattle fed cornineal make large gains and the use of meal especially a few weeks before selling will prove very economical. Hogs will fatten quickly on ground corn, but the oil in the meal when ground too long, becomes rancid, so we see the necessity of having the feed as fresh as possible. It is a waste of money to buy ground feed when the good, clean grains can be ground much cheaper at home. A good feed grinder for grinding ear corn, Shelled corn and all kinds of small grains soon pays for itself in the quality of the ground feed. Mill screenings, elevator waste, oat hulls and ground corncobs do not contain much nutritive Value since the grinding of the feed alone does not Improve the quality. Feed that is not fattening or feed that stock /will not eat is of no value, but good, clean, ground grain pays and is recommended as a great benefit to stock.