140 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



wants more than his contract calls for, or he maintains that the 

 refuse is inferior in quality to the product formerly used. As 

 the percentage of cossettes obtained varies with the saccharine 

 quality of the beets worked, it is well for the manufacturer not 

 to make any rash promises as to the amount he can furnish and 

 the quality of the product. Hence 20 per cent, is considered a 

 reasonable limit. From 100 Ibs. of beets there are obtained on 

 an average 42 Ibs. of cossettes; the difference should be con- 

 sumed by animals at the factory. 



Diffusion must be conducted under most scientific principles, 

 otherwise the feeding- value of the pulp suffers. If the tempera- 

 ture is too high there follows a coagulation of many of the 

 nutritive elements. To protect the farmers' interest and to 

 make sure of harmony among all interested, an understanding 

 should exist as to limits of temperature at which the battery is 

 to be worked. If farmers sell siloed pulp to their neighbors, 

 they should ask double the purchase price at the factory, to 

 which should also be added the expense of transportation and 

 siloing. The bulk is reduced one-half, but the value has re- 

 mained unchanged. 



These pressed cossettes are in some cases fed to live stock as 

 fast as received or they are kept in specially built silos. Farm- 

 ers collect the product at the factor} 7 in wagons or carts, or 

 transport it by water in boats constructed for this purpose. 

 Conveyance of Respecting this question of transportation, there is no special 

 1 remark to be made, except that wagons, carts or boats which 

 have previously served the purpose of carrying beets to the fac- 

 tory and have thereby become dirty on account of adhering 

 earth, should in all cases undergo a special cleaning before being 

 filled with the residuum cossettes. This cleaning also serves 

 the purpose of diminishing the possible contamination of certain 

 bacteria that frequently accompany earth of all kinds. These 

 would necessarily bring about complex fermentation during the 

 siloing. 



Importance of It is well to note that with forage in general it is always de- 

 keeping the sirable not to allow gravel and sand, or other hard substances, 

 residuum clean. ^ o penetrate the mass, as these would produce a disagreeable 

 sensation during the process of rumination. 



