Gunnison Valley News | 1929-12-05 | Page 7 | Send Culled Spuds to Market in Cream Cans

Send Culled Spuds to Market in Cream Cans Minnesota creameries will pay fair prices this fall for culled potatoes, providing they are first fed to cows and converted into dairy products. Careful analyses show that, pound for pound, potatoes have about the same feeding value as ordinary silage. Silage Si-lage has 17.7 pounds of total digestible diges-tible nutrients in a 100 pounds, while potatoes have 17.1 pounds. Dr. C. H. Eckles, chief of the dairy division, university farm, St. Paul, warns against over-feeding potatoes, since it has been found that 20 to 25 pounds daily per cow are about all that can be fed to advantage. Where it Is feasible to cook the potatoes, this Is a good plan and cooked potatoes may be fed up to 30 or 35 pounds a day. Greater amounts result In giving giv-ing the milk and butter a poor flavor and may cause indigestion.