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(c) For Fattening Stock. — It should prove satisfactory for 

 fattening beef animals in the proportion, by weight, of one-third 

 beet pulp, one-third corn meal and one-third cottonseed meal. 

 The material is hardly to be recommended for swine and horses. 



Dried Beet Pulp as Roughage. 



As high as eight pounds of the dried pulp can be well moistened 

 with water and fed to each animal as a partial source of roughage 

 in place of com silage, together with what hay the animal will eat 

 clean (10 to 16 pounds daily). If thus fed, it naturally should be 

 omitted from the grain ration. 



The Place of Dried Beet Pulp in the Farm Economy. 



Farmers who are in position to produce their own feed cannot 

 afford, as a rule, to purchase starchy feedstuffs, of which dried 

 beet pulp is a type. Such material should be produced upon the 

 farm in the form of corn, oats and barley. 



For milk production it is more desirable for the farmer to pur- 

 chase materials rich in protein, such as cottonseed and linseed 

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

 sprouts, fine middlings and wheat bran. These feedstuffs are not 

 only very helpful in milk production, but likewise supply increased 

 amounts of nitrogen in the manure. Only when the supply of 

 home-grown com is exhausted or limited would it be considered 

 economical to substitute dried beet pulp either as a portion of the 

 grain ration or as a part of the roughage. 



Milk producers who purchase all of their feed will find the dried 

 pulp a satisfactory component of the daily ration, provided it can 

 be secured at a relatively reasonable price. 



2. BEET LEAVES. 



Every autumn the station is in receipt of inquiries concerning 

 the value of beet leaves for feeding purposes. In order to answer 

 these inquiries the following information is submitted : 



