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THE POTATO 



TABLE XIII 

 DIGESTIBIIvITY OF POTATOES 



Potatoes, with eggs, milk, 



and cream 



Potatoes, raw ' 



Potatoes, cooked 



Potatoes dried - and ground. 



Animan 



Man 

 Pigs 

 Pigs 

 Sheep 



44.6 



40.0 



The above data show that potatoes are almost 

 wholly digestible. 



Feeding Value. — When abundant and low in price, 

 potatoes may be fed to all classes of stock. In France, 

 Girard fed 55 to 66 pounds of cooked potatoes per day 

 to fattening steers and ^j4 to 6]4 pounds to sheep. 

 Von Funke^ found uncooked potatoes were good for all 

 stock except pigs. He fed 60 pounds of raw potatoes, 

 6 pounds of linseed meal, and 9 pounds of clover hay, 

 with salt, per 1,000 pounds, live weight, per day to fat- 

 tening steers. For milch cows, 25 pounds daily per 

 1 ,000 pounds, live weight, is the limit. For yearlings, 

 ewes, and wether sheep, 25 pounds per 1,000 pounds, 

 live weight, per day is advised, and fattening sheep, 

 40 pounds. For horses, about 12 pounds per 1,000 

 pounds, live weight, may be given with other food. 

 Stock should not be watered soon after feeding pota- 

 toes, but preferably about half an hour before feeding. 

 Potatoes^ are not a valuable food for young animals. 



> Snyder, Minn. Bnl. 42, pp. S9, 90. ' Kellner, et al. E. S. R., XIV., p. 595. 

 » B. S. R., v., p. 812. ♦ Miuu. Bui. 42. p. 95. 



