Show LYE LIVE STOCK NEWS FEED POTATOES TO LIVE STOCK Potatoes have been bren success successfully tully used lu la fattening rations notions fur for both cattle and lambs and may also be beted fed ted in limited quantities to b s a and horses Farmers who have ha a surplus of ot potatoes this year may find It profitable prof proto to feed them to live Ito stock In the tests that were conducted at the Colorado agricultural experiment went ment station potatoes proved pro to be particularly valuable ted fed with groin grain and altaI alfalfa fa to fattening lambs A ration ra rot thin tion consisting of grain alfalfa and two pounds dally of chopped raw potatoes potatoes po po- showed a feed teed ro replacement value of S-I S per ton for tor the potatoes pots pota toes used Fed ed to fattening beef beet calves at the rate of nine pounds per head bead dally dully the raw row potatoes had a feed replacement value of ot 5 per ton Potato nto sling silage ae e made by cutting the tito potatoes Into n silo with a n 2 per cent cant addition of cornmeal gave practically the same lame net results The only advantage all ad vantage gained In ensiling ensuing the potatoes pota potatoes toes was the ability to store the ensilage ensilage en en- silage for an on Indefinite period Starch Is the chief constituent of ot the tho dry matter of ot potatoes and there Is II very little Ie crude protein present consequently a good protein feed teed Is necessary to properly balance any ration ration ra ra- tion where potatoes are used Haw Itaw potalles may be safely fed ted to live Il stock ck If It the dally ration Is not too large and the feeding period not too extensive according to IS II J J. J Maynard May May- nard of the Colorado experiment Sill sta tion Uon They are best not fed ted however howe to pregnant stock on account of their acrid taste tute and tendency to Increase the flow of digestive juices n the stomach and Intestine How Itaw potatoes should he be gradually introduced Into the ration and If taken token away u this should be done by degrees Feeds such as ns beet molasses and beet tops which tend to irritate the digestive tract should not be bo fed at nt atthe atthe the same time Although potatoes should be chopped up they may also be fed whole If It fed ted whole It has bus been found worth while to feed them to In low bunk under a n pole or beam hell This method tends to prevent pre choking A priced low rout root cutter pH either her hand or motor driven en Is available which has hils given good success at nt the experiment station Cattle are least sensitive ve to raw v potatoes Large Larg quantities have hove been fed tell In fattening rations with no bud bad effects It Is safest test however er not to feed teed too great an amount Sheep also do du well on raw pots pota toes It Is best to feed ted lambs not nol 0 over o tor two pounds per head hend dally dolly Horses are more easily affected by byrow raw row potatoes but small quantities three to five pounds per her head hend per day duy may moy be used It Is usually better to cook or Lr or am potatoes for tor pigs Experiments show that about 40 pounds of ot cooked potatoes pota potatoes toes equal pounds of ot corn In feedIng feed feed- Ing log value If It fed ted In u a properly balanced bal bol- ration Raw flaw potatoes proved to bi hp only two thirds as valuable when fed to pl pigs s. s If cooked the potatoes should lie he salted and the water In which they are aro cooked should be thrown away |