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''Oui' feed of grain i)er day is small, as. yon see. The feeding- period 

 was rather long. The percentage of deaths is too large, principally be- 

 canse of the protracted feeding period. The effect of pulp noted above 

 Avas not perceived nntil after the sheep had been a couple of months 

 on feed, and some might prefer to crowd the sheep with grain and pulp 

 and shorten the feeding period. ]\Iy own preference would be in the 

 case of sheep feeding, in our sheep barn, to feed less than a maximum 

 <iuantity of pulp and a small feed of grain, with a correspondingly 

 larger feed of sorghum, corn stover, hay, etc., which we cut before 

 feeding, in order to save waste. It is not desirable to make a rule as 

 to this point, as the price of food stuff's and the state of the market 

 may make it desirable to crowd the sheep rapidly, or to protract the 

 feeding period. 



"As to the quality of the mutton. I had sheep killed and hung in a 

 cooler for a suitable length of time during the latter part of the feed- 

 ing period, and found the quality of mutton to be exceedingly fine. 



•'We have fed pulp to cattle in a limited way, but so far have not 

 had enough for our cattle throughout the feeding period. All the prac- 

 tical men in actual charge of animals on our farm declare beet pulp 

 beneficial to all animals, and this is my own observation. It is good 

 for horses, cattle, sheep or hogs, just as beets are greatly relished by 

 them all." 



Turning next to the experience of farmers in our own State, the 

 following statements are quoted as showing opinion of pulp as a feed 

 for dairy cows, and fattening cattle. 



Honorable T. F. Marston, of Bay City, fed during the last campaign 

 fifty-five registered Jerseps partly on beet pulp, hauled fresh from the 

 factory each day and fed unfermented. The milk was sold to regular 

 customers in Bay City. The cows had been receiving two feeds per 

 day of CQrn silage, with hay and grain. The pulp was substituted for 

 one feed of corn silage, the hay and grain remaining the same. No 

 shrinkage in the yield of the herd was noted when the change was made 

 from silage to pulp, nor was there an apparent increase when the change 

 was made back to silage. 



Thomas Fitzgerald, near Alma, fed forty-five steers during December, 

 January and February. The ration consisted of fodder corn that would 

 go about thirty-five bushels of ears to the acre and beet pulp. They 

 came out in the spring in good condition. Mr. Fitzgeralil also found 

 that his cows gave three to five (quarts of milk more when fed pulp 

 than when the pulp was withheld. He fed a hundred ewes nothing 

 but pulp through November and December, while the ewes were run- 

 ning on meadow. They seemed to do as well on the pulp as they did 

 later on drilled corn. The lambs came strong and vigorous, and grew 

 well the following sunmier. 



Mr. Fred Church, of Alma, has fed pulp for two winters. In Decem- 

 ber of 181M), he was feeding twenty-two head of cattle. He found that 

 the cows did as well in February and ^fardi (»n pul]i as they did in June 

 on grass. He was feeding drilled corn, but no hay. He continued the 

 full ration of this roughage when the pulp was addled. 



Fourteen yearlings were carried through the winter with cornstalks 

 and pnl]). The steers came out sleek and in excellent condition in the 



