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Wet beet pulp. — Wet beet pulp is liked by cows and produces milk 

 of good quality when not fed in excess. In a trial at the New York 

 (Cornell) Station/^ good results were secured when cows were fed 50 

 to 100 lbs. of wet beet pulp per head daily with 8 lbs. of grain and 6 

 to 12 lbs. of hay. As it contains only 9 to 10 per ct. dry matter, wet 

 beet pulp is worth about one-third as much as corn silage per ton. 



Soilage.— Trials at the Wisconsin ^^ and Nebraska ^'^ Stations show 

 that corn silage furnishes just as satisfactory and much cheaper feed to 

 supplement short summer pasture than does a succession of soiling 

 crops, such as red clover, peas and oats, sweet corn, and field corn. 

 Where too few cows are kept to consume the silage fast enough to pre- 

 vent its spoiling or where silage is not available for any other reason, 

 the wise dairyman will provide a well-planned succession of soiling 

 crops to keep up the milk flow when pastures are scant. 



QUESTIONS 



1. With what other feeds should corn or the other cereals be combined for 

 dairy cows? 



2. How does the value of hominy feed, oats, barley, wheat, rye, emmer, kafir, 

 and dried beet pulp compare with that of corn? 



3. Compare the value for cows of wheat bran, gluten feed, cottonseed meal, 

 linseed meal, and dried distillers' grains. 



4. Name five other protein-rich concentrates used for dairy cows and discuss 

 their value. 



5. Show by giving the results of feeding trials how legume hay may be sub- 

 stituted for expensive concentrates. 



6. What is the value of corn fodder, corn stover, timothy hay, and cottonseed 

 hulls for cows? 



7. Discuss the value of corn silage for milk production. 



8. What other crops furnish satisfactory silage for dairy cows? 



9. Under what conditions should roots be fed to cows? 

 10. Compare soilage and silage for summer feeding. 



17 Wing and Anderson, N. Y. (Cornell) Bui. 183. 



18 Woll, Humphrey and Oosterhuis, Wis. Bui. 235. 



19 Frandsen, Hoard's Dairyman, 47, 1914, p. 403. 



