THE BEET SUOAE INDUSTRY. 



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of the pulp so it contains only as much as the corn silage, it would be of about equal 

 feeding value, pound for pound. But cattle eat only 30 to 50 Ibs daily per head of 

 silage, whereas they will consume fully twice as many pounds of beet pulp, and thus 

 get much more actual nutriment out of the pomace than they do from silage, as both 

 are commonly fed. 



For milch cows beet pulp is excellent, though it should not be fed to excess. 

 Careful tests at the Iowa experiment station show that the sugar beet is very palata- 

 ble and contains no volatile acid injurious to butter. But whether milk is sold or 

 butter made, we would not advise feeding beet pomace alone any more than silage 



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RECEIVING BEETS AT ALVARADO. 



Showing outside of sheds and pile containing several thousand tons of beets. Observe the long line of teams ready to 



discharge their loads of beets. 



alone ; feed also hay or some dry fodder, with cottonseed or linseed meal, pea meal, 

 or bran. Always begin feeding the pulp to milch cows in small quantities, say 5 or 

 10 Ibs at a meal, gradually increasing as the cows get used to it. 



Another advantage of beet pulp as feed is that it can be kept tor months without 

 loss of quality by storing in silos. Says Prof Jaffa of the California experiment sta- 

 tion : "Sugar-beet pulp is one of the best adaptable materials for silage that the 

 feeder can procure. One of the difficulties encountered in siloing is the exclusion of 

 air from the mass during the curing process. With corn, clover or any of the fodders 

 used for this purpose, much trouble is at times experienced in properly firming the 

 different layers as they are placed in the silo, in order to leave no air spaces in the 



