Show find potatoes good for hogs in south dakota the possible use of cull potatoes as a feed for hogs was investigated in recent experiments at the south dakota station potatoes were fed cooked and raw with corn and pa haw NV potatoes were not palatable to the pigs and it was mas difficult to get them to eat many when raw new potatoes were fed Ith corn and pounds replaced pounds of yellow corn when old potatoes were mere fed in the same way however ogg pounds were required to take the place of pounds of corn the pigs fed raw raiv potatoes made poor gains cooked potatoes were a great deal more palatable than raw davv potatoes with corn and made satisfactory gains and took much less feed ln in three trials an average of pounds of cooked potatoes replaced pounds of shelled corn those in charge of the experiment suggest that it if cooked potatoes are fed the proportion of cooked potatoes to corn should not be greater li than four to one about thirty pounds of a cheap grade of soft coal were required to cook a barrel of potatoes the experiment suggests that the only time when the feeding of potatoes to hogs la Is justified Is when a considerable quantity of unmarketable potatoes Is on hand |