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Table XIV. Composition and Values of Hays (Dry) 



Clover meal and alfalfa meal. Hay meals are in no way better 

 than finely cut hay, while it is much easier to adulterate them or 

 to mix with the leaves a large proportion of the woody stems. 



Table XV. Composition and Values of Roots and Root 

 By-Products 



Potatoes. Though the most important roots in the diet of human 

 beings, potatoes should be fed to poultry sparingly. In a cooked 

 mash they are eaten readily, but if the proportion of potatoes in the 

 mash goes above 1 5 to 20 per cent, and the birds are full fed of 

 mash, it seems to cloy them and spoil the appetite for the next 

 meal. Raw potatoes are sometimes fed to poultry, but are not eaten 

 readily unless the birds are very hungry for succulent food. 



1 Sugar. 



