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ises was questioned. Now, however, he is free to act as he 

 pleases, because of an act passed by the last legislature, entitled, 

 'An Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products,' etc., 

 which act places beet-sugar pulp in the same category as distil- 

 lery waste, etc., and prohibits its use as food for cows in any 

 part of the State of Minnesota. 



" Many authorities claim that beet pulp is a wholesome food 

 for cattle, but the dairy and food department of Minnesota ap- 

 parently does not, and some action, therefore, may be looked 

 for." 



The Minneapolis Journal says: 



"The point has been generally overlooked, but the last legis- 

 lature did single out sugar-beet refuse for discrimination and 

 put it on the forbidden list. H. F. No. 499, entitled "An 

 Act to prevent fraud in the sale of dairy products, etc.,' 

 drawn by the dairy and food department and expressing its 

 ideas as to the necessary laws for the preservation of the dairy 

 industry and the public health, under chapter 5 distinctly places 

 sugar-beet pulp in the same category as distillery waste, etc., 

 and prohibits its use as food for cows in any part of the State. 

 The only qualification is that it may be used if properly pre- 

 served in silos. 



"So far as known none has been so preserved, and so far as 

 it has been used it has come from the big pile lying alongside 

 the sugar factory. Under the law the pulp in its present con- 

 dition is not being properly preserved, and milkmen who use 

 it are doing so at their peril. The commissioner or anybody 

 else who is convinced that the public health is being endangered 

 by its use can take steps to stop it if so inclined. * * * 



"The head of the dairy department took some pains last 

 winter to look into the matter. * * * I will admit that the 

 smell from the decaying surface of the pulp piles was not appe- 

 tizing. But there is no reason in the world why a few inches 

 underneath it should not be as fully preserved as if kept in an 

 air-tight silo. There will be more or less fermentation, probably 

 the same as in the silo, but that fact in no way detracts from 

 the wholesomeness of the stuff as a food for milch cows or any 

 other stock. The decayed pulp on the surface is, of course, 

 wholly unfit for use. 



