G4 



EXPERBIENT STATION 



[J 



Ull. 



staple grains and standard l)y-])rodncts and mixing- liis own ra- 

 tion. Advice concerning special Inlands cannot be given in this 

 article. The feeder mnst stndy the gnarantees and cost of the 

 feed mixtures and use his best judgment, or seek the advice of 

 the experiment station. 



The Food Value of Plain and j\roLASSES Beet Pulp. 



A few years ago ^ the writer published a brief review of the 

 value of beet residues for farm stock. Since this publication 

 two experiments have been made at this station, comparing 

 l)ofh the plain and molasses pulj) (dried) with corn meal for 

 milk production. 



Peet pulp is the residue from the manufacture of sugar from 

 sugar beets. The di-icd plain i)ulp is coarse and of a gray 

 color. ]\[olasses l)eet pulp is the pressed plain i)ulp mixed with 

 the residuum beet molasses and dried. Another method of 

 making the molasses pulp is to mix a definite amount of molas- 

 ses with the dried pulp. It is understood that but little mo- 

 lasses pulp is now being made. 



Composition of the Boct Pulp. 



Tt will be noted that the ]dain pulp contained about 9 ])er 

 cent, of water, a relatively large amount of fiber, and practi- 

 cally no fat. The molasses pulj) contained considerably more 

 ash. due to the large amount of mineral matter in the molasses. 

 The fiber content was considerably l(\ss than that of the plain 

 pulp, due to the replacing of the pulp by the molasses which 



' Twenty-sccoiifl report of this station. Part II., pp. 31-27. 

 • Samples nsml in experiment. 



