926 Jerusalem Artichokes as a Food for Stock, [feb., 



Lord Clinton, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Frank, Mr. Abel Smith, 

 and Capt. Weigall dissent from the Committee's recommenda- 

 tion (8) in regard to State purchase, while Sir Charles Rose 

 and Sir Edward Holden express the opinion that it should 

 be limited to the acquisition of land for sitting tenants who are 

 threatened with dispossession. 



Mr. Frank and Capt. Weigall disagree with the recom- 

 mendation (4) as regards the proposed counter notice and 

 Messrs. Ellis Davies, Nicholls, and Parker state that, in their 

 opinion, the tenant should be compensated for any improve- 

 ment effected by him which has increased the letting value 

 of the farm as an agricultural holding. 



The Board recently received an inquiry as to the food value 



of Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus) for cows in 



milk, and information relative to their 

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_ value for live stock generally may 



as a x oou 



for Stock. prove of value to readers of this Journal. 



Artichokes may usefully be given to 

 cattle, horses, sheep, or pigs, and, under certain conditions, 

 may prove sufficiently valuable for cultivation as a food for 

 stock, especially perhaps in the case of pigs, and on poor 

 soils. It occasionally happens that a quantity of artichokes 

 may not be required for human consumption, and they may 

 then be utilised to replace other roots in the ration of farm 

 stock. McConnell says that the stems are sometimes cut 

 while young for forage. 



Value as a Food for Cattle. — Shaw * states that for cattle- 

 feeding artichokes have much the same value as potatoes, 

 and that they may be given in about the same quantities. He 

 adds, "it is not probable, however, that they will ever be 

 much grown as food for cattle because of the labour required 

 in handling them for winter feeding, when they are more 

 valuable relatively than at other seasons. They furnish good 

 food for calves, for store cattle in winter, and for cows in 

 milk, also for cattle that are being fattened, when they can 

 be spared for such feeding." 



It is stated by Kellnerf that large quantities cause purging 

 and make the milk watery. 



* Thos. Shaw, Feeding Farm Animals, 1907, p. 336. 



t O. Kellner, The Scientific Feeding of Animals, translated by W. Goodwin, 

 1909, p. 180. 



