. Meat, milk and money, how to produce the latter by increasing the former . fiber, somewhat re-sembling .straw in this particular. It differs fromstraw in that the inner surface of the Bran flakesis made up of the aleurone layer of the wheat grain,which is very rich in protein and in addition carriessome starch. Understanding its character and com-position, we are in a position to make the best useof this abundant by-product in feeding farm some horsemen bian is fed only occasionally,being supplied once or twice a week in the form ofa mash, made by scalding with hot water, in which
. Meat, milk and money, how to produce the latter by increasing the former . fiber, somewhat re-sembling .straw in this particular. It differs fromstraw in that the inner surface of the Bran flakesis made up of the aleurone layer of the wheat grain,which is very rich in protein and in addition carriessome starch. Understanding its character and com-position, we are in a position to make the best useof this abundant by-product in feeding farm some horsemen bian is fed only occasionally,being supplied once or twice a week in the form ofa mash, made by scalding with hot water, in whichcase it is a mild laxative and very beneficial. Branhas, however, become a common feed in many wellmanaged stables. At the Stanford horse farm, afew years since, the writer found it being fed inmoderate quantity to horses of all ages, from wean-lings to stallions and brood mares. Bran is quitecommonly used in feeding omnibus and cab horses, which have neither the timenor the energy to digest feeds with much bulk, should WheatGrain Bi Desirablefor Horses. Bran parExcellence characliT <,)(,\. ,,lions i-m 1)( ft-il •/;•,hecaiiM Ii ihc Irtfjc it contain^, iisit with tluse animal =.admirahlv with corn i • its coarse, fibrous1(1 mares and stal-. th excellent resultsifiMiit lit mhieral matter and\ Mlime not working againstIn -teer feeding bran servesn anv form. Fed with this grain it gives bulk, supplies protein, and keeps theanimal from cloying, as it may when long maintainedon a single kind of feed, such as corn. The stock-man feeding corn to his steers will find them mak-ing better gains and showing, better condition byusing bran for one-third of the concentrates. Thelight character of the bran is well shown in cases ofover-feeding. Though a horse or a cow may begorged with bran, it usually suffers no marked in-convemence therefrom, while an over-feed of corn orcotton-seed meal may produce fatal gastric disturb-ances. Bran is par excellence
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