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it difficult to feed, but we are now building a large silo which will hold several car loads 

 of pulp and think we can keep it without freezing. 



]lave seen young cattle wintered on pulp and straw that came out in good condition, 

 and think when farmers learn the benefits derived from its use they will not do without 

 it as there is no doubt about its feeding qualities. 



Yours truly, 



P. C. SMITH. 



Woodmere, Mich., Sept. 14, 1901. 

 Mr. C. D. Smith: 



Dear Sir — In regard to the feeding quality of beet pulp, I can say that my cows were 

 very healthy and relished it very much. They produced a large quantity of milk. I find 

 that I have saved a good percentage of hay, feeding as high as two and a half bushels 

 per day of pulp to each cow. I recommend it as a good milk producer. 



Yours respectfully, 



HENRY HOTCHKISS. 



South Bend, Ind., Sept. 12, 1901. 

 Mr. C. D. Smith: 



Dear Sir — My experience in feeding pulp is limited, as I had not a satisfactory equip- 

 ment for preserving it. 1 have fed it in different ways, but have made no official test. 

 I believe it to be a good feed. I could notice an increase in the milk on feeding pulp, 

 and a decrease on its removal. I have fed it from November until March, but to milk 

 cows only. It seems to be especially valuable for those who have not a silo, filled with 

 corn silage, as I have, as it is a succulent food, a good tonio, and beneficial if properly 

 cared for. 



My method is as follows: Receive the pulp fresh from the factory, silo it where the 

 liquid in it can be held, salt it lightly, silo it with ground corn, oats, bran, gluten or 

 any by-product which the feeder may have by placing a layer of each alternately. I 

 have fed the material thus siloed in December late in March as fresh and good as at first. 



Yours truly, 



J. A. JACKSON, R. R. No. 3. 



St. Louis, Mich., August 12, 1901. 

 Prof. C. D. Smiith, Michigan Agricultural College: 



Dear Sir — Yours of the third received. I fed six steers last winter on beet pulp and 

 cornstalks exclusively. I sold these steers the fore part of the winter to be delivered 

 April 1, and intended to feed meal with pulp the last two months, but they were doing 

 so well I thought I would carry the experiment to a finish without feeding grain. We 

 were unable to get pulp after the middle of February, and not having enough on hand 

 to feed until the first of April, I told the buyer I would deliver them any time. He came 

 to look at them the next day and was so well pleased with their condition that he took 

 them at once. They were shipped March 6. 



I have fed pulp three winters, and am well pleased with it, and am sure that I ean 

 winter in better shape on the same amount of coarse feed ten head with pulp than five 

 head without. 



Yours respectfully, 



L D. SUYDAN. 



Vicksburg, Mich., August 29, 1901. 

 Mr. C. D. Smith: 



Dear Sir — In reply to yours of the 12th I would say that I have fed beet pulp for two 

 winters, and like it very much. A year ago last winter I fed it to fifty-six head of steers, 

 commencing about the first of December. I mixed meal with it. I weighed a few of the 



