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Conclusions. 



The cows, as a rule, ate beet i)iil[) readily and consumed from 50 

 to 100 pounds per day, according to size, in addition to the usual 

 feed of 8 pounds of grain and r> to 1:^ i)ounds of hay. 



The dry matter in beet pulp proved to l)e of erpial value, pound 

 for pound, with the dry matter in corn silage. 



The milk producing value of beet })ulp as it comes from the beet 

 suo'ar factory is about one-lialf that of corn silau'e. 



Beet pulp is especially valuable as a succulent food, and where no 

 other such food is obtainable it may prove of greater com])arative 

 value than is o-iven al)ove. 



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