70 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



No special difference could be noticed in the taste of the milk 

 in either case. The butter from the pulp-fed cows was of a fine 

 yellow color. Numerous other examples could be given, among 

 which may be mentioned extended experiments in feeding 

 1,660 sheep for 120 days with beets. The ration consisted of 

 11 Ibs. beets to 1 Ib. hay, 1.1 Ib. oil cake and 1.1 Ib. straw. 

 The increased value of the sheep was two dollars per head. 

 The same experiments were repeated with diffusion beet-pulp, 

 and the conclusions were, that this residuum was much more 

 profitable than beets direct from the field. 



Other experiments upon sheep were made to determine just 

 what the relations were between the feeding value of distillery 

 pulp and sugar beets. The daily rations during these experi- 

 ments were, for the first week, 6.6 Ibs. fermented beet slices, 

 2.2 Ibs. hay, 0.7 Ib. straw and 0.4 Ib. chopped straw. During 

 the second week the amount of beets and pulp fed per diem was 

 increased to 13 Ibs. 



After 84 days the total increased weight of the sheep fattened 

 with beets was 19,250 Ibs., while with pulp it was 16,000 Ibs. 

 The average weight of manure obtained with beets was 8.4 Ibs., 

 with pulp 11 Ibs.; the quality for fertilizing purposes of the 

 pulp manure was inferior to the beet manure. The conclusions 

 were that 100 Ibs. beets have the same value for feeding pur- 

 poses as 180 Ibs. pulp. If beets sell at the factory at $4.00 per 

 ton, the cost of the total ration would be 18 cents; if pulp can 

 be purchased at $1.50 per ton at the factory, the total ration 

 will cost 12 cents, which shows that pulp is decidedly more 

 profitable for farmers' purposes than beets. 



Sugar beets and Experiments were made to determine whether there was 

 mangels com- anv advantage in feeding a beet of the mangel order over the. 

 use of sugar beets of a satisfactory quality, cultivated according 

 to the now accepted rules of close planting. Evidently it costs 

 more per ton to cultivate a good beet than a root belonging to 

 the same family, but receiving comparatively little attention. 

 The experiments we have under consideration were made in 

 1898-99, and were conducted in three series; in each lot of 

 sheep fed there was the same number of animals, and they were 

 furnished with a weight of roots obtained from a given area 



