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clover hay and bran or oats than does cornmeal, although 

 for fattening cornmeal was the better feed. Trials with 

 sheep ha\'e failed to show that the dried-molasses beet 

 pulp is any better for a feed than plain dried pulp. One 

 hundred pounds of fresh pulp absorbs about six: pounds 

 of molasses ; this will produce from fifteen to eighteen 

 pounds of dried-molasses beet pulp. The usual amount 

 of wet pulp to feed sheep is from seven to ten pounds a 

 head each day, and of dried pulp about the same weight 

 as the grain they would have received. It is usually ac- 

 cepted by stock-men that eight sheep or twelve lambs 

 should receive the same quantity of feed as one steer. 



Although wet fermented pulp is ordinarily considered 

 too bulky and too laxative for horses, it has been con- 

 cluded that when fed in limited quantities it is not harm- 

 ful. Farm work horses eating as much as twenty pounds 

 daily did well on this feed when combined with oats and 

 alfalfa hay.^ Wlien thus fed, the pulp displaced about 

 one-sixth of its weight of oats. Perhaps more of the 

 pulp is fed to horses in the dried form, and especially 

 molasses-dried, than in any other form. In any form, 

 pulp is not extensively used for horses, except for young 

 growing animals and for brood mares when a rather laxa- 

 tive feed is desired. 



During their growing period, swine make good use of 

 pulp, as do also sows without pasture. When fed in 

 moderate quantities, young pigs relish it and make good 

 gains, although grass answers the same purpose by act- 

 ing as a mechanical agent to stimulate digestion. Pulp 



1 Clark, R. W., Utah Exp. Sta., Bui. No. 101. 



