i Bllletin 183. 



this form ur mixud with refuse l)eet molasses or other refuse feed- 

 ing materials before tiiuling its way to feeding stables. Again, it 

 has been preserved in silos \rith good results. Several references 

 to the feeding of Ijeet pulp under these various conditions may be 

 found in Bulletin Xo. 173 of this station. 



The first attempt of this experiment station to ascertain the feed- 

 ing value of sugar ])eet residue was made in the fall of 1897, when 

 a few barrels of the material were received from the First New 

 ^'ork Beet Sugar Co., of Rome, No Y. The amount of pulp fed 

 was so small that the results obtained did not warrant their publica- 

 tion. Early in December of the following year a carload of fresh 

 pulp was secured from the Binghamton Beet Sugar Co.,, of Bing- 

 iiamton, N. Y., and immediately a feeding trial was begun and 

 continued through some ten weeks with five cows. In the fall of 

 1899 another trial was made of the beet pulp by feeding it to six 

 of the University cows for a period of seven weeks. The pulp 

 used at this time was also obtained in car lots from the Binghamton 

 Beet Sugar Co. 



Analyses of the pulp at various intervals showed it to contain 

 from 91 to 93 per cent of watei'. A complete chemical analysis 

 made by Mr. G. W. Cavanaugh, assistant chemist of the Station, 

 is here given, togethei- with the average composition of corn silage 

 as given in Bulletin No. 11 of the Office of Experiment Stations 

 compiled by Jenkins and A\'intun. 



Beet pulp. Corn silage. 



Water 91.68 79.1 



Crude protein 57 1.7 



Crude fibre 1 . 86 6.0 



Nitrogen free extract 5 . 38 11.1 



Ether extract 09 .8 



Ash 42 1.4 



5 



A test of the beet pulp showed that the nitrogen free extract 

 contained (jnly traces of sugar. 



As a rule the cows ate the pulp with a great relish. The one 

 exception to this in our experiments was Mollie during the season 

 1898-9. At first she refused it almost entirely and it was not until 

 the fifth week that she would eat 50 pounds per day. In beginning 



