Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-31
VALUABLE HINT THROWN OUT
TO FARMERS.
TUBERS GOOD MEAT MAKERS
When Cheap They May be Used to
Advantage for Fattening Pur-
poses What Experiments by Prof.
Henry and Others Prove Proper
Method OF Feeding.

conssin farmers have harvested the
largest crop Of potmloos ever grown
I'm the state only to find THAT the mar
ketS are glutted ut exceedingly low
prices. There mas also been IN I'M
usually heavy grain crop IN moSl
SECTIONS, and wish bins Overlooking
an enormous quantity Of pvlaiocs VIII
be wasted unless their feeding value
is appreciated and they are intcIIi-
gently handled.
While polatoes are extensively used
IN many countries for slock rood,
t,hcir value for this purpose ~ lilile
known and less appreciated by our
people, because most years prices
have ruled 80 high tihaL there was
more profit In sciIInE than feeding.
Bitter as il the disappointment con
corning RESULTS, lhr present offers an
opportunity for II practical lesson In
the feeding value Of putalOcS, which
If Rightly pIlclIccd will turn inpcnd-
ing loss lmto fair profit after an.
(slInItl the French investigator, In
experiments with Steers ami sheep,
secured the following results: Steers
fed Hobs bcets per day gained
2.O9lbs. per day; when fed 5JlbS. Of
polatocs per day they gained 2.StiIl'S.,
and when fed GGla. Of pVthtVcs per
day thcy gained 352lbs. per day.
Sheep fed S.Sbs. Of hc"ls per day
gained .I2Ilbs per day; when fed
"a. y a a IIInN ,ruinnD
.23Olbs per day, aud when fed HGlbS.
of POTATOES per day they gained
.205lbs. per day.
I'm the above experiments potatoes
wule cooked before feeding, pllr-
thee not to be generally Followed "N
ccpllng with swine. In all caScS hay
and straw were fed additional The
figures show that potntoes were worth
considerably more tllHn twice hhMf
weight OF ncId bcetS. tiiI1ld con
chIdcs: "rhc pUtslto when free from
rot and mature must be regarded hS
"a food Of excellent mclht for pl0duc-
ing meat"
Flord, the grcnt investigator of feed
lng sstulls In Denmark, found hS tle
rcsiIl of mauny experiments llEl lVllf
poun,ls of potatoes furnished M much
nulrimemt to inmnls aS one pound OF
rye or barley.
Prof. Henry conducted eNpel'
ments Il few years since to ascertain
The vaIuc of potatoes for hogs l'le
potatoes we're carefully weighed ANA
Ia, ANIL n
Weighed amount of corn meal added
NO us to make n thick pudding or
mush. rhoso experiments showed
,that il5 pounds of poiAdocS were
ruunl TO 100 pounds of corn meal IN
l,lr feeding. In either experiments ne
showed THAT corn meal hnd a some
What higher feeding vAlur THAN lEar-
lev. This true, his RESULTS are plSl''
tlcnlly cunr0rtnu with lJord $, Al'h
ono may assume with safety tlGl' i"olr
nnunIs Of potatoes are worth one
pound or barley or rye AMI almost lhe
same weight Of corn meal Tor hoE
feeding.
Although Girard favored coaNin~
for steers and sheep, general expert
once yrrS IL show tha, they can ho
most rc namically used hy flooding
nav 10 III rarp animals excepting
ho"~ u,.I tnWls
~ Il rises, sep and dairy COWS,
potatoes, shou, Ne Sliced in root
cutter or cAoprd in a box with
Sharp $, ,dc \ 'rh COWS may b" FED
with nj. NntagC is much H. twenty
nyp nmrn,ls M sliced potatoes per
da,. Il A erNl,r weight than this 5
fed the pa.ators win have an unta.
yorablr nlHcl ON the quality 81
the batter ptodl ed For sheep three
or four POUNDS IT potatoes datlN IL
each me nhT o. the nock viii provo
highly adv yam Gcous l'AilrnihG
sheen may 10 fed rs much ms eight
pounds per day. Work horses may &c
fed ten or tweIvr pounds per day Ct
sliced potatoes, More than thus
should not hc fed because this food is
too "so(trnjug Idle horses ami
breeding stock can get a somewhat
larger amount with advantage, Hogs
do not thrive on raw p"tat MS, FroI
Henry has found chat IN cooking ro.
taiocS for hogs only y little water
should he placed in the kettle So rs
to leave The potatoes almost free from
water whoa the cooking is finished;
then Ivy withdrawing the lire the Pc
tato,~ can he mashed III the Kettle
and meal mixed with them, making !
thick mush or pudding. \ thick rnd
ding was found to be more arreplAhIc
10 the hogs than 4 thin muSh or Stop
Experience shows that unusually
large crops over large areas may
work harm to the farmer because the
very low prices which often follow
cause him Is become careless ana
waStcful of what he has raised. FhlS
threatening fault should be carefully
avoided by our people II this time, II
should he remembered that potatoes
nre nrrlShahle and Will soon waste
and disappear, while the grain HOW
on hand may be saTcd ~ the bins tor
spmr wears to core without material
IL. sta D.