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Buttermilk, fresh untainted, and not diluted or over salted, has 
a feeding value equal to skim milk. 
Sugar Beets .—In experiments made at different times by Pro¬ 
fessor Buffum and Professor Morton, at the Colorado Experiment 
Station, it was found unprofitable to feed sugar beets to hogs. 
Professor Buffum concluded that sugar beets were unprofitable 
either alone or in combination with grain. Fed alone, one ton of 
sugar beets were required to produce 32.6 pounds of gain, and 
when sugar beets were fed with wheat and barley, one ton of beets 
took the place of 150 pounds of grain. 
Professor Morton reported that when sugar beets were fed 
with grain to fattening hogs, they proved wholly unsatisfactory. 
At the Experiment Stations of Montana and Utah, sugar beets 
fed in small quantities with grain to fattening hogs were found to 
be valuable. 
Professor Day, of Ontario, made many experiments in feed¬ 
ing roots, and found that in feeding roots with grain to fattening 
pigs, one ton of sugar beets was equal to from 250 to 330 pounds 
of mixed grain. He obtained the best results by feeding equal 
parts by weight of beets and meal. The influence on the firmness 
of bacon was very favorable. 
Potatoes .—No tests have been made of feeding potatoes to 
fattening hogs at the Colorado Experiment Station. Several other 
stations have tried them, and it has been found that potatoes alone 
do not make a satisfactory feed, and that raw potatoes have little 
feeding value. Potatoes cooked until dry and mealy and mixed 
with raw grain make a palatable feed, and from 400 to 450 pounds 
of potatoes are equal to 100 pounds of grain. 
Apples .—There are a good many cull apples available for 
feeding hogs in the fruit sections of Colorado. Three tests of 
feeding apples with grain were made at the Utah Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. In one, apples were of no value; in the second, 25 pounds 
of apples were required to make one pound of gain; and in the 
third test, apples were equal to grass pasture. 
Squash .—In some sections of Colorado stockmen fatten hogs 
exclusively on squashes, feeding them raw. They report profitable 
returns per acre with meat of good flavor, but with an objectionable 
yellow color. We have been unable to secure any data upon the 
pounds of pork made per acre of squash. 
Gleanings .—Many Colorado farmers have found it profitable 
to put a hog fence around their farms. After the crops are har¬ 
vested, the hogs are given the run of the farm. They pick up the 
scattered grain in the stubble fields, graze on the alfalfa, and eat 
what beets and beet tops they want. Hogs given good shelter 
thrive well under these conditions, and often several hundred dol- 
