140 EXPEKBIENT STATION. [Jan. 



The Place of Dried Beet Iiesidues in the Farm Economy. 



Farmers who are in a position to prodncc tlielr own feed 

 cannot afford, as a rnle, to purchase starchy feedstnffs; they 

 should be produced upon the farm, in the form of corn, oats 

 and barley. For' milk ]iroduction it is much more desiral)le to 

 purchase materials rich in protein, such as cottonseed and lin- 

 seed meals, dried distillers' and brewers' grains, gluten feed, 

 malt sprouts, fine middlings and even bran. These feedstuffs 

 are not only very helpful in milk production, but likeM'^ise sup- 

 ply large amounts of nitrogen in the resulting manure. When 

 the supply of home-grown corn is exhausted or limited, beet 

 residues may be substituted for fattening stock and as one-third 

 of the grain ration for dairy purposes. Milk producers who 

 purchase all of their grain Avill find the dried pulp a satisfactory 

 component (one-third to one-half) of the daily ration. It can 

 also be fed, in amounts of from 8 to 10 pounds of dried pulp 

 daily, as a partial substitute for roughage. It should be mixed 

 with two to three times its weight of water. 



