DRIED APPLE POMACE FOR FARM STOCK. 



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Table VI. — Summary of Yields of Milk and Milk Ingredients (Pounds). 



Table VII. — Percentage Increase, Beet Pulp or Corn Meal Ration over 

 Apple Pomace Ration. 



Experiment. 



Character of Ration. 



Milk pro- 

 duced. 



Dried beet pulp, 

 Corn meal, . 



3.26 

 2.12 



6.47 

 5.55 



The slightly increased yield produced by the beet pulp over the apple 

 pomace is in no way surprising. It was expected, however, that the corn 

 meal would show a larger increase than did the beet pulp. On the basis 

 of digestibility and net energy estimation it certainly should have proved 

 more effective. If it had been possible to have a larger amount of the 

 total ration composed of the feeds under comparison the results would 

 undoubtedly have been more pronounced. 



In E-xperiment I the cows on both rations showed slight gains in weight. 

 In Experiment II the gain or loss was so insignificant as to be unworthy 

 of consideration. 



The general effect of the apple pomace ration was good. At the close 

 of the experiments there was considerable pomace still on hand, and a 

 number of the cows not needed for other work were continued for several 

 months on the same ration as fed m Experiment II. All but one continued 

 in good flesh and gave a satisfactory flow of milk. 



How TO FEED Dried Apple Pomace. 



The dried pomace contains very little protein, and if fed in combina- 

 tion with hay, corn silage and corn meal the results are bound to prove 

 unsatisfactory and the feeder will at once conclude that the pomace 

 "dries up the cows." Because it is so ill balanced — that is, so rich in 

 carbohydrates and so lacking in protein — it must be combined with 

 protein feeds in order to secure satisfactory results. It may be fed in two 

 ways, as follows: — 



