CATTLE FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, 

 MOLASSES, AND BEET RESIDUUM. 



INTRODUCTION, 

 General Considerations on Cattle Feeding, 



IN the United States, as in most countries during their early Fonaer modes, 

 development, the Cmv was considered of secondary importance 

 in general agricultural economy. However, of recent years, 

 through the researches of the Department of Agriculture and the 

 agricultural experiment stations of the various States, great pro* 

 gress has been made. 



It must not be forgotten that not many years since cattle in 

 general on the average European farm were kept to utilize the 

 waste that the farmer might have at his disposal before or after 

 harvesting his crops. Consequently live stock on hand received 

 a forage that was the outcome of the crop harvested, without 

 regard to whether or not it was exactly suited to the animal fed, 



For a long period of years the question of feeding animals 

 with the idea of keeping them in the best of health and at the 

 same time fattening them for the benefit of the owner was, to a 

 certain extent, a problem almost unknown. The average per- 

 son had some ideas concerning the digestive and assimilative 

 processes of the animal being !ed, but upon general principles 

 it may be said that these ideas were erroneous. Although the 

 quantity of feed entering the daily ration was increased, its 

 actual cost was too frequently overlooked ; consequently the re- 

 sults realized were not commensurate with the money outlay. 

 Where a cow was formerly fed with the sole idea of maintaining 

 the fertility of the soil, it was frequently found that the ultimate 

 cost of such a fertilization rendered the plan far from remunei- 



