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FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



more than 10 Ibs. per diem of beet pulps to pigs. Under all 

 circumstances the residuum must be combined with some other 

 fodder. Experts justly maintain that the intestinal canal of 

 swine is unsuited for the proper assimilation of refuse cossettes 

 from the diffusion battery. In certain parts of Germany potato 

 pulp from distilleries is combined in equal parts with beet pulps 

 to form 3 gallons, to which is added 1 J quarts of crushed barley 

 per diem. 



A greater quantity than this limit brings about in swine a de- 

 crease in the quality of the fat and flesh, and in some cases re- 

 sults in a dropsical condition of their entire cellular tissues. 

 Moreover, when such animals are fed with beet cossettes it is 

 desirable that the product shall undergo a preliminary boiling 

 or steaming so as to concentrate the same. It is desirable upon 

 the whole, however, not to feed pigs with beet cossettes, although 

 there are authorities who declare that the intestinal tubes of 

 swine are admirably adopted to the assimilation of the constitu- 

 ents contained in this residuum (?). 



Practical experiments by Simon Legrand during 94 days in 

 feeding diffusion pulp to cattle gave the following results: 



NINETY-FOUR DAY EXPERIMENT IN FEEDING DIFFUSION PULP TO CATTLE. 



Mixing cassettes Upon general principles it may be said there are important 

 with other advantages to be derived in mixing cossettes with other fodders 

 fodders. an( j arr anging the combination in such a manner that the cos- 

 settes shall be 10 per cent, of the total weight of the animals fed 

 in the case of oxen, and 7.5 per cent, in the case of sheep. These 



