Show LIVE 5 NEW FEED POTATOES TO LIVE STOCK potatoes have been successfully used in fattening rations for both cattle and lambs and may also be fed in limited quantities to h u and horses farmers who have a surplus of potatoes this may fand it prof liable to feed them to the stock in the tests that were conducted at the colorado agricultural expert station potatoes proved to be particularly valuable fed with grain and alfalfa to fattening lambs A td aloa consisting of grain alfalfa and two pounds dally of chopped raw po showed a feed replacement value of per ton for the pota toes used fed to fattening beet calves at the rate of nine pounds per i head dally the raw potatoes had a feed replacement value of 5 per ton potato silage made by cutting the potatoes into a silo with a 2 per cent addition of cor gave the same net results the only ad vantage gained in ensiling en the pota toes was the ability to store the en silage tor an indefinite period starch Is the chief constituent of the dry matter of potatoes and there ts very little crude protein present consequently a good protein teed Is necessary to properly balance any ra alon where potatoes are used kaw potatoes pot atles may be safety fed to uie stock if the dally ration Is not too large and the feeding period not too extensive according to E J mav nard of the colorado experiment san alon they are best not fed however to pregnant stock on account of their acrid taste and tendency to increase the flow of digestive juices n the stomach and intestine haw potatoes should be gradually introduced into the ration and if taken away this should be done by degrees feeds such as beet molasses and beet tops which tend to Irrl tite the digestive tract should not be fed at the same time although potatoes should be chopped up they may also be fed whole it fed whole it has been found worth while to feed them to cattle in low bunk under a pole or beam this method tends to prevent choking A low priced root cutter either hand or motor driven Is available which has given good success at the experiment station cattle are least sensitive to raw potatoes large quantities have been fed in fattening rations with no bad effects it Is safest however not to feed too great an amount sheep also do well on raw pota toes it Is best to feed lambs not over two pounds per head dally horses are more easily affected by raw potatoes but small quantities three to five pounds per head per day may be used it Is usually better to cook or am potatoes for pigs show that about pounds of cooked pota toes equal pounds of corn in feed ing value if fed in a properly bal alced railor raw potatoes proved to be only two thirds as valuable when fed to pigs if cooked the potatoes should be salted and the water in which they are cooked should be thrown away blood separators for cholera serum useful production of clear anil hog cholera serum for use in preventing the disease which has cost american farmers annually for the past 40 years has recently been materially cheapened by the use of centrifugal blood separators not only do these separators reduce the cost of the prod act but they also increase the per of recovery of serum and eliminates waste after the hyper immunized pig has been bled one separator removes the heavy corpuscles corpus cles from the blood and another takes out the light fatty sub stances it Is necessary to remove both the heavy and light material to produce a clear colorless serum the blood separators used are sim liar to the ordinary centrifugal cream separator similar separators are also used to clean and reclaim used oil from automobile and tractor crank cases lambs neglected lambs are often considered the main source of income from the farm flock but they are frequently undervalued and little attention given from tho time of birth until they are sold it they have done well and made fair gains the seller la satisfied when lambs are thus thought of as the main income from the flock it Is evi dent that extra care and thought must be given to them it greater returns arc to be received good beef calves mating an aberdeen anus bull with cova result in a very good grade of beef calves the wisconsin experiment station has con itell bilna in which they line used groups of steers representing ghigli grade aberdeen angus and cross bred alu angus II the results h ive shown quite favorably for the cross bred steers prof J 0 aulter bt madison Us would be h nav t send you a copy of these rei arte rte jat |