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seems to be derived from their use, a fact which is not surprising 

 when it is known that, as a rule, these feeds are merely compounds 

 of the ordinary feeding stuffs coloured and flavoured according to 

 the taste of the manufacturer. It is safe to say that these condi- 

 mental feeds are far from being worth the high prices which are 

 usually asked for them. 



DRIED SUGAR BEET PULP. 



The dried pulp from beet sugar factories makes a good feed 

 for milk production. It can scarcely be classed as a concentrate 

 but is much superior in composition to most forms of roughage. 

 Probably its greatest value to the dairy farmer would be found when 

 it was used as a substitute for succulent feed after being soaked for 

 12 hours in from four to five times its own weight of water and 

 then used as a succulent base wherewith to mix oat chaff and other 

 dry and more or less /unpalatable roughage as well as whatever meal 

 is being fed., When so used, it acts not only as a feed but as an aid 

 to palatability as well as increases the digestibility of the whole 

 ration. 



MOLASSES. 



Molasses contains about 50 per cent sugar. When it is mixed 

 with other substances, it makes a very nutritious feed which is 

 palatable to all kinds of stock. It should not be fed more than 2 or 

 3 pounds a day to "dairy cows and only about half the quantity to 

 cows advanced in pregnancy. It may be fed with all kinds of 

 cereals. It is usually rather laxative in effect. It adds greatly to 

 the palatability of both roughage and meal. It may be fed to best 

 advantage by diluting 1 to 3 or 4 parts of water and sprinkling on 

 the feed. 



PUMPKINS. 



This crop, one time grown very extensively along with corn in 

 Canada, has of late years been much less commonly produced, diue 

 to the use of the corn harvester and the much longer period of 

 cultivation found profitable in growing corn, whether for grain, 

 forage or ensilage. Where grown, however, the pumpkin has proven 

 to be a most satisfactory feed for milch 'cows and is worth probably 

 more than an equal weight of roots or ensilage. 



