176 Th^ Sugar-Beet in America 



is so bulky that only a small part of the ration should 

 be supplied in this form. Pulp and molasses sometimes 

 take the place of part of the shorts or of similar 

 feeds.^ 



To winter brood sows cheaply, pulp and a small quantity 

 of grain have been used with good results. For hogs, 

 the quantity of pulp recommended is between one and 

 two pounds for each pound of grain fed in fattening. If 

 dried pulp is used, it is usually softened with milk before 

 being fed. 



WASTE SUGAR-BEETS AND ROOT-TIPS 



The feeding of roots left from the production of sugar- 

 beet seed is growing in importance. These beets contain 

 from 6 to 14 per cent of sugar and frequently yield from 

 eight to ten tons to the acre. Since their woody fibrous 

 nature prevents their being used for sugar-making, feed- 

 ing seems to be the only way of obtaining a profit from 

 them. The great amount of fibrous material makes them 

 somewhat dangerous for stock, which are sometimes killed 

 by accumulations of this material in the digestive tract. 

 If fed in moderation and in connection with other feeds, 

 it seems possible to utilize this rapidly increasing by- 

 product. Formerly, only a few acres of beet seed were 

 grown in America, but in the future thousands of acres 

 will be devoted to seed production. 



A product that merits more attention for feeding pur- 

 poses than it is receiving is that which remains after the 



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



