. 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. MISCELLANEOUS CONCENTRATES 147 should be fed with such carbonaceous feeds as corn, rather than with protein-rich feeds like wheat middlings and linseed meal. Careful dairymen raise just as thrifty calves when skim milk is gradually sub- stituted for whole milk during the first 4 to 6 weeks, and only skim milk given thereafter, as when ex- pensive whole milk is fed longer. For swine, especially y
. 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. MISCELLANEOUS CONCENTRATES 147 should be fed with such carbonaceous feeds as corn, rather than with protein-rich feeds like wheat middlings and linseed meal. Careful dairymen raise just as thrifty calves when skim milk is gradually sub- stituted for whole milk during the first 4 to 6 weeks, and only skim milk given thereafter, as when ex- pensive whole milk is fed longer. For swine, especially young pigs, skim milk is unsurpassed as a sup- plement to the carbonaceous grains. From 500 to 600 lbs. of skim milk, properly combined with concen- trates, is equal in feeding value to 100 lbs. of grain for pigs. Foals whose dams furnish insufficient milk thrive On skim milk. It may also be fed to horses and poultry. Skim milk is most valuable for young animals when it comes sweet and warm from the separator. Buttermilk.—This by-product, much like skim milk in composi- tion but usually richer in fat, is about equal to skim milk for pigs. Sometimes calves are reared on it, but extreme care is necessary in ac- customing them to it and in keep- ing all utensils clean. Buttermilk diluted at the creamery with water has its value reduced. If kept in dirty tanks it ferments and be- comes dangerous. Whey.—Whey contains the sugar, albumin, and a large part of the ash of milk, while the casein and most of the fat go into the cheese. As it contains only per ct. protein and has a nutritive ratio of 1, whey should be fed with protein-rich feeds to young animals. More watery than skim milk, it contains only per ct. dry matter. Whey is usually fed to pigs, for which it has about half the value of skim milk. At best, it is a poor feed for calves, and can be successfully used only by exercising the utmost care and cleanliness. Slightly soured whey gives as good results as when s
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