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in the silage. The milk-producing value of wet beet pulp,' as it 

 comes from the factory, according to Wing, is, pound for pound, 

 about one-half that of corn silage. 



Billings ' compared the dried pulp with corn silage, and con- 

 cluded that the pulp ration gave 10.2 per cent more milk than 

 did the silage ration ; but, because of the cost of the dried pulp, 

 it was more economical to feed silage. In his trial the cows re- 

 ceiving the pulp ration lost in flesh. 



It is believed that 5;^ to possibly 6 tons of silage is substan- 

 tially equivalent in feeding value to 1 ton of the dried pulp. 

 Under present conditions it is considered not to be good economy 

 for farmers to buy pulp to be used in place of home-grown corn 

 silage, the farm being the place for the production of carbo- 

 hydrate food stuffs. 



Dried Beet Pulp vs. Corn Meal. 



At this station six cows were fed on a basal ration of hay, bran 

 and cottonseed meal. In addition three of the cows averaged 4.3 

 pounds of plain pulp or molasses beet pulp, while the other three 

 were receiving a like amount of corn meal. After a lapse of five 

 weeks the conditions were reversed. The results may be briefly 

 stated as follows : 



Milk Yields (Pounds.) 



' Only those living in the immediate vicinity of the factory can afford to use the wet 

 pulp. It is worth not over $2 a ton on the farm. 



2 Bulletin No. 189, New Jersey Experiment Station. 



