. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. LEADING CEREALS AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS 127 total weight, the average being about 30 per ct. As light-weight oats contain more hull and less kernel than plump, heavy oats, their feeding value per pound will be correspondingly less. To increase the weight per bushel and thus make the oats appear to be of a higher grade, the hulls are sometimes "clipped" at the pointed end by machines. Oat
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. LEADING CEREALS AND THEIR BY-PRODUCTS 127 total weight, the average being about 30 per ct. As light-weight oats contain more hull and less kernel than plump, heavy oats, their feeding value per pound will be correspondingly less. To increase the weight per bushel and thus make the oats appear to be of a higher grade, the hulls are sometimes "clipped" at the pointed end by machines. Oats as a feed.—Owing to their bulky character, oats are the safest of all feeds for the horse, in this respect being in contrast to corn. Because of the mettle so characteristic of the oat-fed horse, it was long held that there is a stimulating substance in the oat grain. All claims. Fig. 36.—Heads of Oats, Emmer, and Spelt From left to right: 1, Variety of oats with open or spreading panicle; 2, side oats; 3, emmer; 4, spelt. of the discovery of this compound have, however, melted away on careful examination, and rations containing no oats, have given as good results as where oats were fed. For dairy cows there is no better grain than oats, but their use is restricted by their high price. Oats are often mixed with heavy concentrates in starting fattening cattle and sheep on feed. As fattening progresses more concentrated feeds should be substituted for all or most of the oats. Ground oats with the hulls sifted out provide a most nourishing and wholesome feed for young calves and pigs. For breeding swine, whole oats in limited quantity are always in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The
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