33O FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



be fed similar amounts without much hazard of taint in the 

 milk, providing thev are fed night and morning just after 

 each milking. 



For sheep, rutabagas and turnips have been used to 

 a greater extent probably than in feeding any other class 

 of live stock. When fed freely to young lambs, in a finely 

 sliced condition, they aid materially in starting them into 

 vigorous growth. When pregnant ewes are being given 

 leguminous fodders, it is thought that large quantities 

 of rutabagas or turnips in addition tend to produce lambs 

 abnormally large, but deficient in vitality. From 2 to 4 

 pounds a day will probably be enough, but subsequently 

 to lambing they may be fed in much larger quantities. 

 Sheep may be fattened almost entirely on grain and 

 turnips. When so fattened, the roots may be fed up 

 to the limit of the capacity of the sheep to consume them. 

 But such fattening is .far too costly for American condi- 

 tions. Only a few pounds daily are usually fed to such 

 sheep when fed at all. 



To swine, rutabagas and turnips may be fed as a 

 part of the ration when not on succulent pasture, and 

 more especially while they are being grown, but they 

 are not so fond of them as of sugar beets or mangels. They 

 may be fed sliced, pulped or whole and with or without the 

 tops. There may be instances in which they may aid in har- 

 vesting the crop, as when turnips are sown along with the 

 small cereals. Brood sows turn them to good account in win- 

 ter when a small amount of grain is fed in addition. When 

 the labor conditions will admit of it, they may sometimes be 

 fed with profit to pigs that are being fattened, when cooked 

 and mixed with meal. 



To horses of all ages, though not commonly fed, 

 both rutabagas and turnips may be so fed. They are 

 commonly sliced or pulped when fed thus. When pulped 

 they are usually mixed with cut fodder. One pound of 

 hay has a feeding value equal to 4 pounds of rutabagas. 



