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cottonseed meal and cowpea or other leguminous fod- 

 der. It is said that the free feeding of cassava to cows 

 tends to give the milk a reddish tint and high color to the 

 butter. Cottonseed meal fed with cassava aids in firming 

 the butter. For beef production, as much as 20 to 25 pounds 

 is sometimes fed to one animal daily. When thus fed, the 

 cassava will go far to take the place of corn. For such 

 feeding, the roots may be sliced with a spade in the absence 

 of a cutting box. 



For sheep, cassava has not been much used, but for 

 such feeding it will doubtless be found quite as useful 

 as for feeding cattle. Its highest use in feeding sheep will 

 be in fattening them. From 4 to 6 pounds per day 

 would probably be found ample for mature sheep along 

 with suitable adjuncts. 



For szvine, cassava has proved an excellent food. 

 They become very fond of it, and it may be fed to 

 them even to the extent of producing excessive fatness. 

 For young and growing swine it should be fed along with 

 such foods as shorts or cowpeas. It should only be fed in 

 moderate quantities to brood sows that are pregnant, but 

 may be fed with much freedom to swine that are being fat- 

 tened. Swine should never be allowed to harvest the crop, 

 as the portions brought to the surface and unused by the 

 swine would soon spoil, but the practice of allowing swine 

 to glean in fields from which a crop has been harvested is 

 commendable, as they search out and consume portions of 

 broken prongs that have been left in the ground. 



For horses and mules at work, when cassava is fed, 

 the grain feed may be reduced proportionately. Cassava 

 and corn do not make so suitable a food as cassava and 

 oats, since the latter have a higher protein content than 

 corn. If cottonseed meal is fed to horses (see p. 286), a 

 small amount fed daily should answer well to feed with 

 cassava. When large amounts of cassava are fed daily to 

 horses, the aim should be to feed leguminous fodders along 

 with it. Should it be fed to young animals also, the aim: 

 should be the same. 



