Sugar Beet Pulp as a Food for Cows. 



TABLE I — Continued. 

 Kate, 



WEEK. 



Food, pounds. 



Silage. 



Beet 

 pulp. 



340 

 350 

 350 

 350 

 350 



Hay. 



76 

 67 

 67 

 66 

 67 

 45 

 33 

 34 

 28 

 30 

 30 



Grain. 



56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 



Pounds 



of 



milk. 



135.3 

 131.5 

 127.0 

 133.0 

 127 3 

 124.8 

 132.3 

 127.0 

 129.0 

 123.8 

 126.3 



Per 



cent 

 fat. 



3.30 

 3.35 

 3.20 

 3.15 

 3.35 

 3.40 

 3.80 

 3.50 

 3.40 

 3.50 

 3.50 



Pounds 



of 



fat. 



4.46 

 4.41 

 4.06 

 4.19 

 4.26 

 4.24 

 5.03 

 4.45 

 4.39 

 4.33 

 4.42 



Dry matter required. 



Per 



1,000 



lbs. 



daily. 



22.7 

 21.5 

 21.5 

 21.5 

 21.5 

 22.8 

 21.1 

 21.0 

 20.0 

 20.1 

 20.1 



Per 



100 lbs. 

 milk. 



105.7 

 103.1 

 106.8 

 101.7 

 106.6 

 117.3 

 104.0 

 109.0 

 103.0 

 109.1 

 106.9 



Per 

 1 lb. 

 fat. 



32.1 



30.7 

 33.4 

 32.3 

 31.8 

 34.5 

 27.4 

 31.1 

 30.3 

 31.2 

 30.5 



Mollie. 



1... 



2... 



3... 



4... 



5. . 



6... 



7... 



8... 



9... 

 10... 

 11. . 



122 

 30 



325 

 350 

 350 

 350 

 350 

 350 



242 

 165 

 140 

 185 

 335 



98 

 96 

 96 

 98 

 18 

 98 

 98 

 97 

 98 

 98 

 98 



56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 

 56 



225.8 

 224.3 

 215.0 

 230.5 

 228.0 

 231.3 

 235.3 

 235.8 

 235.3 

 227.3 

 228.3 



.10 



,20 



,05 



25 



3.25 

 3.55 

 3.60 

 3.40 

 3.35 

 3.50 

 3.45 



7.00 

 7.18 

 6.56 

 7.49 

 7.41 

 8.21 

 8.47 

 8.02 

 7.88 

 7.95 

 7.87 



20.5 

 17.3 

 16.5 

 17.1 

 18.5 

 23.0 

 23.6 

 23.2 

 23.4 

 23.2 

 23.2 



79.4 



68.1 

 67.2 

 64.8 

 70.8 

 87.7 

 88.5 

 87.8 

 88.5 

 91.6 

 91.2 



25.6 

 21.3 

 22.0 

 20.0 

 21.8 

 24.7 

 24.6 

 25.8 

 26.4 

 26.2 

 26.5 



The Second Experiment 1899. 



The plan of this experiment differs from that of tlie first iir tliat 

 the attempt was to feed the cows all the beet pulp they could readily 

 consume and not give them any more hay than when they w^ere on 

 silage. The feeding of beet pulp began on October 14 when a 

 portion of the silage was replaced by 20 pounds of pnlp for each 

 cow. This amount was gradually increased and the silage decreased 

 until the latter was entirely replaced by beet pul]:). The amount of 

 pulp given varied according to the size and appetite of the animal. 



