156 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



was realized an equilibrium, so to speak, between the legumen 

 of this vegetable and the hydrocarbons of the cossettes. A mix- 

 ture of equal weight of lentils with sour cossettes gives, accord- 

 ing to this authority, a nutritive combination which is possessed 

 of great digestibility. Hard beans ground to a flour and put 

 with the cossettes give a mash which is better yet. 



Cossettes as food In Germany, at Konigstein, Hamburg and Usingen, experi- 

 for game, ments have been made in feeding game with residuum cossettes. 

 Hare and deer eat this product only when forced to do so. 



Experience shows that it is not desirable to allow the animals 

 fed during winter, when their stomachs are full of cossettes, to 

 remain for too long a time without a reasonable amount of ex- 

 ercise. Cold necessarily paralyzes the activity of the stomach 

 and might result in complicated diseases that always mean death. 

 What residuum From an economical standpoint the utilization of sugar-beet 



cossette feeding residuum cossettes as a forage has an enormous importance, 

 means in Qer- Q erman y j w here the annual out-put is ten millions of dollars, is 

 an example of this. If one makes a calculation using well- 

 known, established data, the value of this product, based upon 

 its chemical composition, would reach forty millions of dollars 

 for the Empire. If one were to consider only the fertilizing 

 value of its constituents, this more than represents the market 

 value of the residuum, as it is now recognized. Under these 

 circumstances it becomes evident that the tiller or farmer of the 

 United States makes a great mistake in not recognizing what he 

 has within his reach. 



Siloing Residuum Cossettes. 



Silos for reduc- It is possible, under most circumstances, to consume entirely 

 ing cossettes. the residuum cossettes of an average beet-sugar factory immedi- 

 ately: that is to say, to consume them in their fresh condition 

 as they leave the cossette presses. This, from many standpoints, 

 is very fortunate.- In the first place, the transportation of the 

 residuum means a large increase of work for animals and indi- 

 viduals occupied in agricultural pursuits, during the autumn, at 

 the very time when crops are harvested, and many farm duties, 

 such as ploughing of the land, etc., should be thoroughly at- 

 tended to. 



