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FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



ample for silage-fed cows. On the other hand, the beet-fed 

 cows consumed considerably more than that quantity; this was 

 a very encouraging result, as previously mentioned. The 

 principle of cattle-fattening, as already stated, is to force con- 

 sumption of fodder and whatever causes this brings the de- 

 sired result. While the silage ration was only 27 Ibs. per diem, 

 the stuff was not eaten with the same avidity as beets. The 

 average daily yield of milk with and without beets in these 

 experiments is shown in the following table: 



AVERAGE DAILY YIELD OF MILK WITH AND WITHOUT BEETS IN EATION. 

 OHIO STATION, 1890. 



During these experiments the weekly gain or loss of weight 

 with and without beets was 4 to 14 Ibs. in favor of beets. 

 1 ' There was a marked tendency to increase in live weight dur- 

 ing the periods when beets' were fed, and to fall off when on 

 silage." As regards milk at the station, it was found that dur- 

 ing 1890 " whenever the feed was changed to silage there was a 

 rapid falling off in yield of milk, and whenever it was changed 

 to beets this falling off was checked, and in several instances 

 the flow increased. * * * In respect to the milk-flow, there- 

 fore, the results * * * confirm those of previous years, indicat- 

 ing that beets are more favorable to milk-production than corn 

 silage. ' ' 



One of the most interesting features of these experiments 

 was the decline in live weight with a decrease in flow of milk 

 when feeding silage, which is a most important argument in 

 favor of beets. 



Our readers should not forget that numerous European ex- 

 periments point to the fact that when beets are fed all their dry 

 matter is digested. On the other hand, experiments in Wis- 



