Show FARM UVE LIVE STOCK 4 4 0 6 apple byproducts by products good for wintering animals crep prepared by the united balt department of 0 agriculture thousands of tons of apple are arc going to waste annually which might profitably be turned into food for wintering cattle says the united states department of agriculture this loss is attributed either to lack of af facilities for preserving the or to indifference on the part of stock raisers ral serg studies to determine the food value and best methods of utilizing this byproduct from commercial cider anti anil vinegar mills have been made and are discussed in department bulletin no 1166 apple byproducts by products as stock roods foods just issued by the united states de of agriculture when the bolst apple can be used in the fresh condition or be en tiled ailed it yields a succulent cattle food comparable with corn silage of special lalue alue in the winter feeding of stock the quantity that can be utilized in this way however is limited because of the relatively high cost of transportation for material having such a high water content its most profitable utilization depends upon its preservation by dehydration and pio fio lucung it as a commercial food in feeding trials with dairy cows dried apple proved to be a palatable teed feed and appeared to be equal pound tor for pound of dry matter to good corn silage as succulent food the material yas was fed wet and replaced the corn silage in a ration including grain and hay the material aich had been ground to a meal was prepared by adding to it three times its weight of water unter several hours before it was fed A copy of tills this bulletin rally may be secured from the united states department of agriculture washington D C as long a athe the auppl y lasts |