DESCRIPTION OF FEEDING-STUFFS 179 



Sheep can take raw potatoes almost as well as 

 cattle, and should be given up to 25 lbs. per 1000 lbs. 

 live weight ; when fattening they may get up to 

 40 lbs. 



Horses are more easily affected by raw potatoes, 

 but small quantities, 3-5 lbs. per head per day, 

 have a beneficial effect on the general condition. 

 Slow-working horses can, when under careful super- 

 vision, be given up to 12 lbs. per day for each 

 1000 lbs. live weight. 



It is always important to feed only sound, ripe 

 tubers, not those that have sprouted, and to give 

 them and withdraw them gradually. Pregnant 

 animals and young stock generally had better not 

 be given raw potatoes. For pigs, cooked or steamed 

 potatoes are one of the most common foods, but 

 raw potatoes are not suitable for these animals. 



Potatoes when boiled or steamed are a tasteless, 

 non-irritant food, but even in this form they can 

 easily upset the digestive organs. The water which 

 drains away from the potatoes after boiling should 

 not be used, and salt should be added to the potatoes 

 to make them more palatable ; cattle can take more 

 of the boiled, or steamed tubers, than the raw ones. 



Of the other methods of preparing potatoes for 

 food mention may be made of soaking (p. 143), 

 making into sweet mash (p. 145), or into sour 

 fodder. 



Recently various ways of drying potatoes have 



