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maining 490 acres, and when later there were planted 2 20 acres in beets, the aver- 

 age grain crop was 13,395 bushels yearly from the remaining 405 acres. 



Thirty-five other German farms showed the following increase after they intro- 

 duced beet culture, in ten years' average per acre: 

 Before the beet culture 



Pounds. 



Wheat 1,848 



Rye , 1,456 



Barley 1,672 



Oats 1.355 



Peas 985 



Potatoes 11,716 



After introducing beet culture 



Wheat 2,128 



Rye 1,672 



Barley 2,094 



Oats 1,918 



Peas 1,834 



Potatoes '. 13,569 



Tons. 

 Sugar beets 15.50 



Austria-Hungary increased the crops after introducing sugar beets and deep 

 culture, as follows: In winter crops, 12 to 15 per cent; in corn, 10 to 30 per cent; 

 in tobacco, 20 to 24 per cent, and in beets 30 per cent. 



There was an average increase in all crops of about 2 1 per cent in Germany 

 and Austria-Hungary, in consequence of sugar beet culture. 



BY-PRODUCTS. The by-products of the sugar factory consist of lime-cake, 

 waste molasses and pulp. The latter is in proportion, 46 per cent, of the raw 

 product. As a food for dairy cows, for beef cattle or for sheep, it has no superior. 

 It is the cheapest food obtainable at $i .00 per ton at the factory. When care- 

 fully housed in well constructed silos, it has no competitor as a food for the animals 

 named. It is not suitable for hogs. They will grow, but not fatten. 



LETTER FROM A DAIRYMAN IN RIVERSIDE TO A DAIRYMAN IN L,os ANGE- 

 LES. "DEAR SIR : Yours of the 20th at hand, and in reply will say that my 

 experience in feeding beet pulp is as follows : 



First : I find it best not to feed it until it is at least ten days old, and the 

 older the better. I was feeding ninety cows, and when I commenced feeding, all 

 my cows with the exception of nine ate it the first day ; all of them ate it the 

 second day. For three or four days they dropped in their milk, after that they 

 went up in their milk to more than they gave on any other feed, and the quality 

 was increased. The week before I commenced feeding pulp I tested my milk, 

 and it took 5^ gallons of mjlk to make i gallon of cream, and 12 gallons of 

 cream to make 10 full rolls of butter. After feeding the pulp two weeks I again 

 tested the milk, and five gallons of milk made i gallon of cream, and 13 gallons 

 of cream made 12 full rolls of butter. 



Second. I feed my 90 cows 45 pounds each of pulp at a feed with six pounds 

 of hay. I put the hay in the mangers and the pulp on top ; or to put it exact, I 

 feed four tons of pulp per day and one-half ton of hay. 



Third, The pulp costs me laid down at my dairy, $2.25 per ton. 



Fourth. It is cheaper at $2.50 per ton than hay at $10 per ton, and than bran 

 at $20. 



