. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 196 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED tensively grown for stock, but in this country potatoes are not usually fed to stock, unless low in price or too small for marketing. They are fed chiefly to pigs, but can also be given in limited amounts to cattle, sheep, and horses as a partial substitute for grain. For pigs they should be steamed or boiled. The heavy feeding of raw potatoes is not advisable as
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. 196 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED tensively grown for stock, but in this country potatoes are not usually fed to stock, unless low in price or too small for marketing. They are fed chiefly to pigs, but can also be given in limited amounts to cattle, sheep, and horses as a partial substitute for grain. For pigs they should be steamed or boiled. The heavy feeding of raw potatoes is not advisable as it induces scouring. The bitter tasting water in which potatoes are cooked should be thrown away, likewise all unripe tubers and the sprouts, which may contain considerable solanin, a poison. German experience shows that half the dry matter in rations. Fig. 56.—Sweet Potatoes after the Vines Have Nearly Covered the Ground Sweet potatoes are one of the best root crops for pigs for fall and early winter feeding in the South, and may also be fed to cattle or horses. (From U. S. De- partment of Agriculture.) for fattening cattle and sheep, and one-fourth in those for horses, may be furnished in potatoes. Feeding over 35 lbs. per head daily to dairy cows injures the quality of the butter. Jerusalem artichoke.—The tubers of this hardy perennial, which resemble the potato in composition, are sometimes grown for stock. The tubers live over winter in the ground and enough are usually left to make the next crop. They may be harvested like potatoes, or pigs may be turned in to gather the crop, being fed grain in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932; Morrison, F. B. (Frank Barron), 1887-1958. Madison, Wis. , The Henry-Morrison company
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