FEEDING VALUE OF WHEAT AND BRAN.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 276, 27 June 1888, Page 4

FEED ING VALU E OF WH EAT AND BRAN.

In answer to a correspondent in the I'urUf X( >/> Yoi'li r, nho i<- .somewhat sceptical as to the alleged \aluo of bum in feeding H\e stock, I'iotcssor I(. Stewart wtite.s • — The t coding \a\no of wheat and bian may bo stated a-- follows : Albuini- C'nvlio- Kit. noUls. hjdnitct.. lbs. lbs. lly, A ton of wheat contains 260 1328 30 Uitfcstihlo .. 234 1286 21 Atonofhviuuontains 258 1182 70 Digestible 200 970 62 Bum diller.s mostly from w heat in containing the mo=;t of the fat which is enclosed in the cells of the inner husk of the bran. Jt also contains neai ly thiec times as much indigestible fibre, vi/ . !62 pounds in the ton in bran to 60 pounds per ton in wheat. This bi an is that made by the old pi opos from the best white "winter wheat. The bran made by the new, or roller pro-pe-j., undergoes various operation 0 tor tho puiposc of taking every particle ot Hour from it, and thi, of com. so chan^c-> it chaiacter i^omeuhal. Thus : Albnnu- C'.irbo- Fat, nouls. hydrates. lbs. lbs. lb«. A ton ot new process bran conUms . 353 1,057 771 show ing the loss of starch and the gain of gluten (albuminoids) and fat, by leason ot the gicatei fieedom of the bran horn the lioui. But bran contains much the larger piopoition of mineral mattei in the wheat ; as follows : Phosphoric Ash, Ami. Ptash lbs. lbs. 11).. A ton ot \\ heat contains .. 33' 16 10, ! Holler bi an contains .. 103 61 20' Com inoii bran oiHains .. s 0 58 27 The ash elements arc entitled to consideiatkm in estimating the feeding value of the two substances, because potash is indispensable to healthful nutrition, and phosphoric acid is a nccc^sarv constituent of the bones, which need rcpaii in old animal* a> v>ell as nutriment in young ones Ko doubt the great milling 1 establishments wo doing all they can to spread abroad a knoivledgo of the gi eat Aalueof bran for feeding, and it is quite possible the figures to the cflect that wheat contains on^y 9\ i>or cent, of protein or albuminoids are published foi tins purpose ; a^ nny rate, they aio not correct as above shown. As to the money value of the two substances, if a ton of bran is worth £4, a ton of wheat should be worth for feeding considerably more, as the feeding va'uo is in propoition to tho digestibility of the food, and should bo worth at lea&L about 3.* per bushel. In feeding wheat it should be com sol y ground and it is better if ground with half its bulk of oats.