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be fed with satisfaction to milk lambs that are being pushed 

 for the market. There may also be instances in which they 

 may be allowed to feed on cull potatoes in the field. 



For swine, especially when they are being fattened, po- 

 tatoes are relatively more valuable than for other classes of 

 live stock. They may be fed raw, but experience has shown 

 that when cooked, the gains resulting are materially in- 

 creased. They may be cooked by steaming or boiling. If 

 cooked by boiling, as little water should be used as will suf- 

 fice. Meal is then added and the whole is made into a mash. 

 If cooked squashes or pumpkins are added, the ration will 

 be cheapened, but such food is rather adapted to growing 

 swine. Danish experiments have shown that 4 pounds 

 of potatoes were required to make as much increase with 

 swine as I pound of grain. Wisconsin experiments have 

 shown that 4 I / pounds fed raw are required to make as 

 much increase as, I .pound of corn. Swine do not relish 

 them when made into a thin slop. When cull potatoes are 

 left as they fell from the digger, swine may be used in 

 gathering them up, but v should be given some grain also in 

 addition. 



Horses at work* may be given from 10 to 12 pounds of 

 raw potatoes daily. If fed larger quantities, there would 

 be some tendency to an unduly lax condition of the bowels. 

 Even larger amounts may be fed to brood mares and horses 

 not at work, especially when they are in a low condition. 

 Half the amounts named above should suffice for weanling 

 foals. 



Sweet potatoes. These are primarily grown as food 

 for man and yet they may be profitably grown as food for 

 live stock in certain areas of those portions of the United 

 States that are favored with a mild climate, so mild that no 

 frost is present for 150 days during the period of growth, 

 and the midnight temperatilres do not reach lower than 45. 

 Although they have \ highest adaptation for being fed to 

 swine, they are frequently fed also to cows, and may be fed 

 to all classes of domestic animals on .the. farm. The yields of 



