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The Place of Dried Beet Besidues in the Farm Economy. 



Farmers who are in a position to produce their own feed 

 cannot afford, as a rule, to purchase starchy feedstuffs ; they 

 should be produced upon the farm, in the form of corn, oats 

 and barley. For milk production it is much more desirable to 

 purchase materials rich in protein, such as cottonseed and lin- 

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

 malt sprouts, fine middlings and even bran. These feedstuffs 

 are not only very helpful in milk production, but likewise sup- 

 ply large amounts of nitrogen in the resulting manure. When 

 the supply of home-grown corn is exhausted or limited, beet 

 residues may be substituted for fattening stock and as one-third 

 of the grain ration for dairy purposes. Milk producers who 

 purchase all of their grain will find the dried pulp a satisfactory 

 component (one-third to one-half) of the daily ration. It can 

 also be fed, in amounts of from 8 to 10 pounds of dried pulp 

 daily, as a partial substitute for roughage. It should be mixed 

 with two to three times its weight of water. 



