Show farni FAR ni MOLDY BEET TOPS FED FARM STOCK used in moderation product Is not harmful moderate feeding of moldy beet tops to cattle and cheep Is not harmful barm fill although excessive feeding inny be dangerous declare dedore authorities nt at the colorado agriculture college for two years very moldy tops have been fed to calves in the college experiment peri Perl ment station feed lots lota here without any indention of trouble according to E U J maynard associate animal husbandman the calves have been eating 12 to 15 pounds each dally of the moldy tops topi in tile com posted plies piles as similar lots of calves did last year AlrA laynard says molds themselves are not harmful b but u t they tend to change the chemical reaction from neld add to akaline ak allne this allowing bacteria of all kinds to develop says 1 I E newson veterinary to the tha colorado ol orado experiment station in rare instances bo tullous its as been found lit in moldy silage and of course the moldy silage lias bag been blamed for trouble e rather than the botn Knus although we have leavo done no experimental work with beet tops in the field the sat same Is probably true with them as with silage in a reasonable amount topi seem to be perfectly harmless but when cattle ret ton many tops trouble starts continued ductor doctor newson certainly it would bo be safer to feed the tops lit in the lie field rather than gig s silage for then there would be less es cliance chance of spreading bacteria |