BREWERS GRAINS AS FEEDING STUFF.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 22, Issue 30, 21 April 1911, Page 2

BREWERS GRAINS AS FEEDING STUFF.

r . - Brewer’s wet contain 2:9 pel cent, digestible protein; 9;3 per cent; digestible fat- They can scarcely be called succulent feeds. The term “succulent feed” means one that contains the natural. juices of the plant. G ood succulent feed has but little effect upon the composition of milk. There is a tendency for cows to produce milk containing a smaller percentage of butterfat, when they first go to pasture but after they become accustomed to it, they resume their normal test. In other words, feed has but little influence upon the composition of the cow’s milk when they are fed and kept under normal conditions. '

In some respects brewer’s wet grains and corn silage may be considered in the same class ; that is, careless and indifferent method?, in feeding corn silage is apt to bring injurious results and this is true with brewer’s wet grains. Brewer’s wet grains is a feed that .ferments quickly and becomes unfit for„use. I It,is a good feed when properly usedj It should be fed when fresh and ini *' tight boxes and none left in the feeding alleys, mangers or about the stable to ferment and decay. I£( care is taken in handling brewer’si wet grains and to feed them freskf and 1 in connection with other.’feeds, ( there will be no difficulty in their, use, but if they are permitted to ferment before using, careless and. indifferent methods used in handling, j there is great danger of their pro- j ducing results not at all sat Mac-j tory.

3 FEEDING FOR BUTTER PAT. >. ,i- i 1 ’ i Many experiments have been con-, i 1 ducted to determine whether feed? ' would influence the composition of , milk,, especially the butterfat. Thq, conclusions of all scientists are that: I when a cow is kept under normal,’ ’ conditions and fed in a normal man-j I ner the composition of the milk can- , ’ not be materially affected. Professor Eckles of the Missouri Experi-i . 1 ment Station recently reported aiy , experiment showing how the per-1 ! 1 centage of butterfat in a cow’s miUci , 1 could he materially increased, hut itti| ( order to do this she was placed in.] , an abnormal condition. His method ■ ■ in brief was as follows : The cow j prior to calving and some time after; I was fed very highly and put in a j very fleshy condition, then a large 1 portion of her grain was taken away. . While she was being fed a light ration her milk materially increased |in the percentage of fat. She was fed so little that at the end of the 30 days she was unable to get up without assistance. On the other, hand, iit is possible that a cow which ■ haa been poorely fed and is in poor ! condition will give milk abnormally ■ low in fat and that! the milk will in-1 j crease in richness of fat as the feed supply is increased and the body ap- ' pvoaches normal condition. | ==