208 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



with dry cossettes. Under these circumstances it is evident 

 that this enormous quantity of water must have an important 

 influence on the digestibility of the albuminoids of the animals 

 being fed, influencing to a considerable extent the deposit of fat 

 and production of muscular tissues, which will consequently be 

 decreased in considerable proportions. 



The experiments of Maercker and Morgen demonstrate that 

 notwithstanding the low price at which dried cossettes may be 

 produced, there follows an important increase in weight as com- 

 pared with that realized with other feeding stuffs. In these dis- 

 cussions the enormous comparative value of the resulting manure 

 from the animals fed with dry cossettes is generally overlooked, 

 and shows to what extent these substances have been digested 

 by the animals under observation. The average of the experi- 

 ments of Maercker and Morgen with sheep has shown that 

 there is an increased profit of 3.76 marks per 100 kilos of dried 

 cossettes; with oxen, 3.06 marks; with milch cows, 2.18 

 marks. 



Maercker and Morgen show that the average profit from the 

 use of dried cossettes is 21 pfennigs for large cattle fed, per in- 

 dividual and per diem. It has a specially advantageous effect 

 on working cattle, as they have in their intestinal tubes and 

 stomachs a moderate amount only of nutritive substances, and 

 experiments and observations have shown that the work they 

 are able to accomplish is greater and their general health is 

 better than are attained by animals fed with siloed and fresh 

 cossettes resulting in full stomachs. 



Potato feeds, such as are used in Germany, for swine, may 

 advantageously be put aside in favor of dried cossettes. Under 

 all circumstances it is found desirable to submit the fodder to a 

 preliminary heating with hot water. 



Beneficial Horses have excellent health when fed with this residuum, 

 effects. an( j U p 0n general principles all animals without distinction, as 

 long experience has shown, derive great benefit from this dried 

 cossette feeding. Many of the complications that have been 

 noticed in feeding with forages in general have disappeared when 

 this residuum has been used; for example a paralysis of a 

 special kind in sheep. The milk of sheep appears to be better, 



