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Show Feed Value of Cooked Potatoes Equals Silage In years like the present one there is considerable Interest in the value of potatoes for live stock feeding. When the price of potatoes pota-toes is low It is often advisable to divert a portion of the crop in order or-der to obtain a reasonable return for the remainder. Feeding tests have been made at a number of experiment stations, and results indicated that pound for pound corn silage, made from mature corn, and potatoes are approximately ap-proximately equal. In feeding potatoes po-tatoes they more nearly take the place of corn silage than any other feed because of their succulence. If the culls and unmarketable potatoes po-tatoes are used any returns from feeding them would he in the nature na-ture of clear gain. When the lower grades of potatoes bring anywhere from 20 to 25 cents per bushel at the loading station It probably Is advisable to use them for feed. |