Cull Potatoes For Livestock Feed Have Limits, Say Extension Men With the price of potatoes State Universitv have (ome up .at fauns low and going loner, with some recommendations and with the national potato foi using the cull potatoes as tidvisoiy committee recoin- livestock teed Theie are some, mending that onlv nmnbei piccautions however. which one "-lade potatoes he put on shop Id he considered loir the 1 consume) market, the am potatoes ate led to lue prohli in anses. What shall be stock don. with the second and cull Cull potatoes arc l sometimes grace s ot potatoes’ feci to livestock Tlien calm extension special- vanes with the wav thev ai'< ists fioin the Pennsv h aim ted and to the class ot live- YOU’LL DO BETTER .. . STARTING PULLETS EARLY BIRD Recent puiiet growing records of lost Fall on our own and customers' farms indicated the following factors. AGES RANGED FROM 140 to 152 DAYS LBS. FEED CONSUMED PER BIRD (Some outstanding growers had feed costs as low as PERCENTAGES FIT TO HOUSE ON THESE LET US HELP WITH YOUR For the fines: poultry service anywhere, contact your Miller & Bushong Representative or call Lancaster EXpress 2-2145 \\\«!//,/ 'W Miller & Bushong, Inc. ROHRERSTOWX ?\ Manufacturers of Poultry and Luestock Feed Since 1875 Ife, ‘,i“ili£ii!iiiL s iiMmm 'a : tail lilr. i i'lili illtAliilllilllillliiilii ill. iii 'iililjiLiliilJliikiliiiiPiii litliilliillilllliiiiF RANGED FROM 16 LBS. TO 19.1 LBS. 67.65 cents at 23 weeks.) FLOCKS AVERAGED 94,8% ON REPLACEMENT PROGRAM Phone Lancaster EX 2-2145 stock consuming the potatoes Potatoes are rather waterv and. thoretore, thej are usual- Iv used in the areas of potato production since it does not pa\ to transport the water Jtadlv sprouted potatoes should ha\e the sprout-, knocked oft before feeding Ue«‘l Cattle C’ull potatoes max be used in rations for steers or wintei ing brood cows Thex an worth about 80 per lent a- ninth as com silage in TDN Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 24. 1962 but are detit lent in Vitamins A and I) and piotem It fed to steers, the potatoes should he started at three pounds per head dailj and tncieased un til thee are consuming nor more than twent.x pounds, ex tension luestock specialists sa> A liberal supple Of good hax should be fed with pota toes to make up lor the defic ient ot Vitamins A and I) Since potatoes are low in pro- tein, thee should be supple mented with Pj to ■2 1 ; pounds of protein supplement per dax depending on the qual itx of hax fed and the sire of the steers A satismc tore silage i in In made In adding 20 to 21 pounds of drx roughage such is ha\ oi com stcnei to each 100 pounds of potatoes This silage will he eaten readih In cattle or sheep Somfeedeis prelei to chop or (rush potatoes before teod -111 ia to cattle This preients the possihilitc of choking Swine Experimental data shows that cooked potatoes should he ted to swine 42h pounds of cooked potatoes equ.il 100 pounds ot shelled corn it propet h balanced with other leeds Swine should not be ted more than tom pounds ot po tatoes to each one pound ot gram Potatoes should be cooked until sott the surplus water being thiown awas (it is bit ter and unpalatable) When leading potatoes to swine, a good commercial hog supplement should be ted at the rate ot one pound of sup plement to each two and ore halt pounds of shelled corn Not more than four pounds of potatoes should be fed to eac u one pound of corn Kor Duirj Cattle The total -digestible nutn ent (TMi) content of pota toes is about equal to that oh aim silage and approximateh one-third that ol good quahti ha\ Potatoes are lelatueU low in dr\ matter, protein and vitonmis A and D Some good Complete Line of Farm Celt Alfa Altalta Cert Duflalo Altalfa C’ert Du Pint' Allalfa Cert Ranker AUUti Cert \ ernal AltaUj. 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BONDER & BRO., II(C. - SMOKETOWN qualltv legume ha\ or grass Midge .should be fed with them to help make up some of these deficiencies, sais Richard Ad ams. evteusion dairj special ist While some unis maj eat l')-l>0 pounds of potatoes, it ia leiommended that dain cows be limited to 11-2") pounds per head dailv Tin gram mis used with potatoes should con tain approximate h the same lei el at protein as would be used w.lh a smiilai amount of (Oin silage Potatoes should be < (inside! ed as a pound for pound substitute tor silage It takes 2 l j and i pounds of po l itoes to equal 1 pound of av ciage and good ha\s respect i\ ( h luupe deiaied or frozen potatoes should not he fed as the\ ( ontam a poisonous sub— statue solanm For the same n ason sprouted potatoes should not he used unless sprouts are i emoted GtadualU uitiodiue pota- toes into the ration to pietent digestne disturbances Pota toes should be slued or chop ped through an ensilage cut ter before feeding to insure a g mist choking ot cattle and tmprote palatahihtj Most dt \eisinn programs require that potatoes be chopped or sliced. Potatoes should be fed after milking and withheld for 4 hours prior to the next milk ing to a\oid milk flator prob lems When teed supplies are in adequate, potatoes are worth a maximum ot 20<7, ot the val ue ot the gram mix For ex ample. potatoes ma\ be eco nomical at GO cents or less per cwt with grain at VI 00 per twt It higher m price, it would be more economn U to teed gram at heavier rates', Adams said Trj to visualize what plaata ire ?mnt' to look like when, fhev grow up before vou plant them, is the suggestion of A. O Ras.muss.en, extension orna mental horticulturist at Penn State It s easy to make the mistake of setting plants too close together, he s>avs. not realizing how large they’ll be when thev mature and Garden Seeds Including Pennsylvania Rec Clover Pennlate Orchard Grass Saratoga Brome Grass \ iking Trefoil Cliniav Timothy Cert Ruaaei O'tc- - SI DA\ Phone Lane EX 7-3539 13
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