HINTS ON CULTIVATION 35 



should be taken not to break the 



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thin end. 







BYE-PRODUCTS FROM THE 

 FACTORY. 



To obtain the sugar in them fhe beets 

 are passed through a slicing machine and 

 reduced to a pulp, from which the sugar 

 is extracted. This done, the pulp is 

 dried and then forms an important cattle 

 food, which is invaluable to dairy farmers, 

 as shown by the following analysis 



DESICCATED BEET PULP. 



Per cent. 



Digestible -farinaceous matter . 58 



Indigestible fibre matter" . . 17 



Albumen . . . . . 7 



Sugar . . . .. . . . 4 



Fatty matter . . . . 1 



Ashes . . .-'".. .3 



Water 10 



100 



To use this dried pulp as fodder it 

 should be soaked in warm water or other 



