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for milk production,* so that by feeding enough more of 

 the pulp to make up for the extra water it contains the 

 same effect is obtained by the two feeds. 



If properly fed, no ill effects on the milk result, and 

 there is a stimulating action which causes the cow to 

 consume more dry roughage and to produce milk more 

 economically. With no other succulent feed in the 

 ration, the benefits of siloed pulp are very marked. Since 

 the cow should not have too large a quantity of bulk}^ 

 feed, it is not advisable to feed more than twenty to forty 

 pounds of pulp a day, although fifty to one hundred pounds 

 would be eaten if placed before the cow in unlimited 

 quantities. Dried pulp finds great favor with dairy-men, 

 especially with those who are feeding for high milk pro- 

 duction. The stimulating effect is obtained in the dry 

 pulp without the bulk, although it is better to soften 

 with a little water before feeding.^ Replacing forty-five 

 pounds of corn silage with nine pounds of dried beet pulp 

 and five pounds of mixed hay increased the milk yield 

 11 per cent. Experiments show dried pulp to have a 

 value as a dairy feed equal to two-thirds that of wheat 

 bran,^ and it frequently takes the place of bran, oil meal, 

 and the like, in the dairy ration. 



There is some diversity of opinion as to the value of 

 mixing the beet molasses with the dried pulp. In New 

 Jersey the addition of the molasses had little influence 

 when compared with the dried pulp without the molas- 



» Wing, H. IL, and Anderson, L., Cornell Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 183. 

 ' Billings, G. A., New Jersey Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 189. 

 3 WoU, F. W., and Humphrey, G. C, Wis. Exp. Sta. Ann. Rpt., 

 1905, pp. 108-117. 



