PUMPKINS AS STOCK FIEED.
A XOIiTHEKN !iT:r,KI)Kr,"S VtKWS. The valup nf immpkins for sloel? fcoilins pui'pa-F'H is not Ki-tn'rally rreußiiispd in Xi'vr Zcahiiul. Apiirt from tho with which they may be Ki-own upon uulncroiis varielies of .-oil then l an , alnmst iuvarialilv on the farm inanv odd slioltered I wt'cbi~ which would be very much more jiruutuWy iicc\n-.io;l in prciliicinjj litiinpkin.s tlian in wceils. The reason of the pumpkin":: un|Hipularilv ;? that it is somctiinc-.-: diHiciilt to «et an,raul*, I'speci-jll.v fhrfp and horses to :u'fitiirti a taste for Ilii'in. J-iiit i'.io-e who lmvo (fivci! tho pumpkin an cslniti«livo trial ilo not hosiulo lo projiaunco in its favour. Mr. A. .1. Cameron, of J'niiparai , , I'ovot'v Jlay, says that, in liis opinion, 'oased mi au cxperif-nco of 12 vear?, pumpkins am tiie best thing in tlic vegetal)!'. , lino for fecdini; stock. Mr. Cameron is a. breeder ot J-iucoln nuns, vihicli ho feeds on pumpkins in the winter months, and finds I hay do better on this iced t!r.ui on swedo turnips. "I should bo very sorry indeed," ho says, "to allow a winter to find nit without a sufficient supply of pumpkins to feed my sheep, horses, cattle, and pigs during the season."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 8
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200PUMPKINS AS STOCK FIEED. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1334, 11 January 1912, Page 8
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