| Show LIVE CT i I 1 POTATOES RIGHT FOR LIVE STOCK rations are generally comparable to corn silage potatoes make a good succulent feed for all classes of live stock when fed as a part of the ration declares E J maynard associate animal husbandman for the colorado agricultural college experiment station in a new bulletin just issued on potatoes for live stoc copies of this bulletin be obtained free of charge by writing the extension service of the college subjects discussed in the booklet include preparation for feeding potato ensilage potatoes and potato silage for sheep potatoes tor dairy cows swine and horses the bulletin Is summarized as fol lows 1 potatoes fed in live stock ration are generally comparable to good cora silage potatoes may be fed raw to cattle cheep horses and swine but are best cooked for swine raw potatoes have only 23 the value of cooked potatoes fed to pigs raw potatoes proved to be as good as cooked potatoes fed to dairy cows raw potatoes may safely constitute one halt the dry matter in rations for cattle and sheep and one fourth the dry matter in rations bor horses cooked or raw potatoes should not replace more etian one half the grala allowance in fattening pigs raw potatoes fed to dairy cows at the rate of from 25 to 35 pounds dally hive actually increased milk prodoc alon but larger amounts will taint the milk cause a butter and may cause indigestion and bloating the dry matter in potatoes Is corn posed largely of starch a car bo hydrate valuable in both fattening and milk producing operations potatoes are low in protein or growth producing material and some protein concentrate or roughage should be fed with them raw potatoes are best fed sliced through a root cutter frozen rotted or dec av ed potatoes may cause trouble if fed to live stock raw potatoes have an acrid taste and tend to increase the flow of dl geathe juices they should not be fed with other feeds that tend to arri tate the digestive system aud they should always be fed with caution efficiency Is key to beef feeders profit efficiency in feeding methods not a wide margin between the prices paid tor feeder cattle and the prices obtained for them on the market are likely to determine the profit of the beef cattle feeder for the next few years in the opinion of C R arnold of the rural economic department oc the ohio state university however arnold believes the beef cattle outlook Is at present favorable for the man who produces feeder cat tie it Is also favorable for the man who can purchase calves and carry them through a large portion of their growing period and then feed them out providing he has an abundance of cheap pasture the market outlook for fat cattle does not appear favorable for the next three months but aly strengthen in the late summer arnold concludes after a study of figures on receipts of cattle thus far this year and the number of cattle now on farms in this and other states best hog pasture some farmers are short of suitable land or believe that they cannet afford to use good crop land for hog pasture anyone who has efficiently pas ture and kept close check on the elnan caal end of his busl would testily thai the average acre of farm land devoted to hog pasture will yield a return afaf in excess of that secured aiom crops of wheat oats corn or hay where failures have been noted in the ise of pasture the evident c ause was th it of an attempt to cube some rocky barren out of the way piece of land grow the crop before sow danows A day or so before each sow fai rows she should be washed with warm vater and u good laundry soap after ft ashing the belly and adders udders should lie rubbed u ath lard to keep the skin from and beconi ln sore she should then be put into a properly cleaned pen and left there until he pigs are furrowed farrowed far rowed clean straw nod not old litter scraped up around the pens should lie used tor bedding water for ewes awes with t ini betting a little extra grain food drink a good deal mort than twos with single lambs betting no grain atie excessive call on ane ewe by their lambs causes all W more drouth on the system and thence moie thirst naturally is not 0 much sap in that dietary a Is in green feed indeed the lambs get strong they begin to arim even before they are milk runs short and the hertage wa dry through a spell of dry weather n i |
