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3. Dried molasses beet pulp is a very palatable food for 

 dairy stock. It seems to be nearly equal to corn meal in its 

 value for such stock. 



4. Beet residues should be moistened before being fed ; but 

 while their use may occasionally be necessary, it should be the 

 rule to buy foods rich in protein whenever it is necessary to 

 supplement home-grown supplies. 



5. Beet leaves may be fed to dairy stock with fairly satis- 

 factory results, and may be used either fresh or in the form of 

 silage; but they should not be largely used as food for cows 

 producing milk for infants. 



C. The factors which enter into the cost of milk are stated, 

 and estimates based upon them show that the cost may be ex- 

 pected to vary (according to the quantity of milk yielded by 

 the cows) from 3.86 to 5.18 cents per quart. The food cost 

 of milk produced at the station during two years has been from 

 3 to 3.3 cents per quart. If other items of cost are added, it 

 is believed that the total cost lias amounted to a little more 

 than 5 cents per quart, and that the cost of producing milk 

 satisfactory in sanitary quality, and containing from 4 to 5 

 per cent, of butter fat, will usually be found to amount to 

 from 4 to 5 cents per quart. 



7. The extravagant claims made for the condimental and 

 medicinal stock and poultry foods are not justified by the facts. 

 They possess neither the food nor medicinal value claimed for 

 them. It is pointed out that the healthy animal does not need 

 medicine, and that medicines should rarely be used without the 

 advice of a competent veterinarian. 



8. Figures showing the composition of peat are presented, 

 and its value for composts, as an absorbent and for direct ap- 

 plication to light soils is pointed out. 



9. Among the principal causes of injury from spraying the 

 following are the most important: improper preparation of 

 the spraying fluid and the meteorological conditions. Injury 

 is more likely when spraying is carried on in damp, cloudy 

 weather than in bright, sunny weather. 



10. Very many of the more serious greenhouse diseases ap- 

 ])ear to be caused by faulty environment. The most skillful 

 growers avoid most diseases by suitable attention to the composi- 



