M THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL 



Sugar Beet Pulp. 



XCIV. Sent by A. W. Cheever, Esq., Sheldonville, Mass., 

 from the Franklin Beet Sugar Works. 



Fresh. Water-free. 



Water, 91.31 



Ash, .47 5.42 



Albuminoids or Protein, 94 10.84 



Fiber, 2.13 24.48 



Nitrogen-free extract, 5.11 58.86 



Fat, .04 .40 



100.00 100.00 



This Pulp is perhaps the most watery and least concentrated 

 cattle food of vegetable origin that is employed. Turnips even are 

 a little better in composition. Whey alone, of all feeding stuffs, 

 surpasses it in dilation. That it will bear but little cost of 

 transportation or handling is evident. 



Apple Pomace. 



In Jainiary, Mr. J. H. Dickerman of Mt. Carmel, brought a 

 sample of frozen fresh apple pomace to the Station, with the state- 

 ment, that while horned cattle scarcely touched it, his horses and 

 colts ate it with evident relish and benefit. The sample, No. 

 XCVII, was analyzed with the following result. An analysis by 

 Prof. F. H. Storer,* is given by way of comparison: 



XCVII. 

 XCVII. Water free. 



Water,... 72.62 77.21 



Ash, 0.81 .50 2.96 



Albuminoids, 1.65 .98 6.03 



Crude Fiber, 5.92 3.90 21.62 



Nitrogen free extract, 17.03 15.71 62.19 



Fatandwax, '.... 1.97 1.70 7.20 



100.00 100.00 100.00 



In respect to the quantities of the various food-elements the 

 analysis shows that this pomace is superior to corn-fodder, and to 

 turnips, mangolds and all of our root crops except the potato, and 

 that it is but little inferior to the last named tuber. 



* In his paper On the Fodder Value of Apples. Bulletin of the Bussey Institu- 

 tion, vol. i, p. 365. 



