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considerably retarded. Many fanners do not seek for the cause, 

 but are content to observe facts, their argument evidently now 

 being that beet pulp contains lead ores and should not be used 

 for cattle feeding. The intelligent feeder will avail himself of 

 the Utah experience and insist upon a hitherto unknown care 

 in cleaning cars that are to be used for the transportation of the 

 product from the factory to the farm. 



In California the question of feeding cossettes to cattle has Successful intro- 

 become very important. Among the early experiments we may Auction of pulp 

 mention those near Moro Coso, where success is assured. After feeding in the 

 one year's keeping the siloed product was so hard that it could 

 be cut with a knife. Cattle showed greater preference for it than 

 for any other fodder. The silo pits used are planked on both 

 sides and bottom, with drainage box beneath. When the pits are 

 filled the- upper surface is covered with straw. Arrangements 

 are said to have been made to use the sand hills for siloing, and 

 to feed the pulp this year. 



Efforts made at sun-drying beet residuum did not prove a 

 success. The experiments at Chino in beet feeding are not 

 sufficiently far advanced to report any special results. It is 

 interesting, however, to call attention to some efforts made at 

 the Linwood dairy of feeding bran and alfalfa with fresh beet 

 pulp. 



At a later period Mr. Gird took up the question on a very Early experiments 

 thorough basis. At one time he wrote that the steers at Chino. 

 fattened were brought from Arizona and fed on siloed 'pulp and 

 hay, in the ratio of about 5 pounds of chopped hay to 60 or 70 

 pounds of siloed pulp. It is recommended not to use the beet 

 pulp until it has been in silos for at least 60 days. 



An interesting example may be given of the excellent effects 

 to be expected from feeding beet pulp to cattle. During the 

 campaign about 60 wandering cattle were brought to the ranch; 

 they were thin and in very poor condition; " they are now," 

 says Mr. Gird, "as fine as any cattle I ever saw." 



At first, they were fed on raw pulp, and afterwards on the 

 siloed pulp, when the fresh product was exhausted at the end of 

 the campaign. "They did much better on the siloed material 

 than on the fresh," continues Mr. Gird, "I find that pulp, 



