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forage crop in Canada. However, the farmer who grows potatoes has 

 usually the small, 'unmarketable tubers which he may feed to his 

 stock. At times, also, he might consider it advisable to feed much 

 of his general crop rather than put it on the market when prices 

 were very low. Marketable potatoes should seldom be fed whole to 

 cattle, but should be either sliced or pulped. Kaw potatoes, if fed 

 in too large quantities, cause scouring. The potato, though to judge 

 by its chemical composition of rather low feeding value, is really 

 a most excellent cattle food and, if fed in moderation, gives excellent 

 results as a milk-producing forage. 



RUTABAGAS OR SWEDES. 



Swedish turnips or Rutabagas are not recommended for milch 

 cows because of the flavour they impart to the milk. They are, 

 however, excellent for fattening purposes or winter feeding of heifers, 

 calves, etc. If they must be fed to milch cows, they should be given 

 just after milking, as then there is less likelihood of their tainting 

 the milk. They are mwch relished by cattle either fed alone or 

 mixed with other feeds. 



SUGAR BEET. 



The deep-growing habit of the sugar beet and the consequent 

 difficulty of harvesting it, together with the danger of scour, make 

 this crop of less value as a cattle feed than mangels. If fed in 

 moderation, however, they make a most excellent dairy feed. They 

 are much liked by dairy cows and when used to replaces an equal 

 quantity of other roots or corn ensilage, have the immediate effect 

 of materially increasing the milk flow. They should be pulped or 

 sliced. (See Experimental Farm Bulletin No. 67). 



SUGAR MANGELS. 



Sugar mangels are supposed to be a cross between the sugar 

 beet and the mangel-wurtzel or the common mangel. They are, 

 however, at the present time but slightly different in feeding value 

 from the mangel, and since they do, as a rule, yield less per acre, are 

 not to be recommended as in any way superior to or even equal to 

 the Long Red or Gate Post mangel. (See Experimental Farm 

 Bulletin, No. 67). 



