222 Feeds and Feeding. 



Speir, ' wlio report no bad influence on the milk when reasonable 

 quantities are fed. In Nilson's experiments, eighty pails of her- 

 ring cake replaced one hundred parts of linseed cake in the 

 ration of dairy cows. * (661) 



With dried fish used so largely for fertilizing purposes, the 

 stockman will readily understand the high value of manui-e or- 

 iginating from this feed. 



341. Sugar-beet pulp. — With the development of the beet-sugar 

 industry in this country there will arise much inquiry as to the 

 value of the refuse from the factory for stock feeding. Beet pulp 

 contains about ninety per cent, water and ten per cent, solids. 

 The solid matter is composed in part of the cell walls of the beet 

 root, and for this reason contains considerable crude fiber. This 

 fact, and its watery character, indicate that the best use of beet 

 pulp is to serve as a feed for cattle and sheep. Bran and clover 

 or alfalfa hay are complementary feeding stuffs for balancing the 

 ration. 



According to Myrick, ^ a system of feeding cattle in sheds and 

 pens is in operation at the Lehi (Utah) beet sugar factory, where 

 2,000 head of cattle are fattened each season. Here each animal 

 consumes from 100 to 125 pounds of pulp daily in addition to 15 

 pounds of hay. ''These cattle command a very good market, 

 the meat being very juicy and tender." 



Feeding tests were conducted by practical farmers under direc- 

 tion of the Halle (Germany) Station,* in which a uniform quan- 

 tity of grain and hay was fed to cows and steers throughout the 

 trial, with beet pulp supplied in different amounts, for the several 

 periods. As a summary of some of these trials we have the fol- 

 lowing: 



1 Trans. Highl. & Agr. Soc, 1888, pp. 112-128. 



* Concerning the feecling of salt herrings to milch cows, see Rept. Conn. 

 Expt. Sta., 1890, p. 180. 



3 Sugar: a New and Profitable Industry. 



* Expt. 8ta. Rec, Vol. 3. 



