FOOD RESULTS
POTATOES FOR STOCK Below are some Rowett Institute findings: Weight for weight, potatoes have from two to two. and a-quart 'times the feeding value of swedes and about a fourth of the feeding value of cereals. Potatoes are poor in protein and mineral matter, and for intensive feeding with young animals or milk .cows should he supplemented by foodstuffs rich in these. For cattle, potatoes can he fully utilised raw, but for pigs the percentage utilisation is increased by cooking. Oats, on account of their high percentage of fibre, have a rather lower food value than the average for other cereals. The large percentage of fibre limits the amounts which can he profitably used for the feeding of young pigs. For young pigs crushed oats can be used up to one-third of the ration without harmful effects. For milk cows oats, if balanced with a protein rich feeding stuff and a mineral mixture, can be fed up to 75 per cent, of the production ration. I'otatoes can be used for dairy cattle to 121 b a head a day with beneficial results. In other tests larger quantities have been used without detriment to health or milk yield.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 31
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199FOOD RESULTS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 962, 3 May 1930, Page 31
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