Sugar Beets 



At the Utah Station Clark feed sugar beets, wet beet pulp, and beet 

 molasses in combination with wheat shorts to 4 lots of 130-lb. pigs 

 for 48 days with the results shown below: 



SUGAR BEETS, BEET PULP AND BEET MOLASSES FED TO PIGS 



Feeding Potatoes 



In two trials at the Wisconsin Station, potatoes were cooked in an 

 open kettle, using as little water as possible, and corn meal added 

 to form a thick mush which was eaten by pigs with great relish. Corn 

 meal wet with water was fed to a second lot for comparison. The 

 results were as follows: 



440 lbs. of corn meal, fed alone, produced 100 lbs. of gain. 262 lbs. 

 of corn meal with 786 lbs. of potatoes, weighed before cooking, produced 

 100 lbs. of gain. 



From this we learn that 786 lbs. of potatoes when fed to pigs after 

 being cooked, effected a saving of 178 lbs. of com meal, 442 lbs. of 

 potatoes taking the place of 100 lbs. of corn meal. 



At the Copenhagen Station Fjord found 400 lbs. of cooked potatoes 

 equal to 100 lbs. of mixed grain for swine. Since corn has a somewhat 

 higher feeding value than the grains used by Fjord, it is fair to hold 

 that 4.5 bu. (of 60 lbs. each) of potatoes after cooking are equal to 

 one bushel (56 lbs.) of corn in pig feeding. Grisdale of the Ottawa 

 Experimental Farm reports that raw potatoes alone will scarcely 

 maintain life in pigs, but if given in small quantities with grain they 

 help to keep them in health when other succulent food is lacking. 



