218 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



this way 100 Ibs. pulp and 14 Ibs. of straw from wagons on the 

 other side are fed to each animal each day. The ratio in 1899 

 was 10J Ibs. of straw and 112 Ibs. of pulp to each animal. The 

 corrals are built on sandy coast-land, and are well drained. 

 Experiments at At Watsonville several thousand cows are fed upon siloed 

 Watsonville, Cal. cossettes, which is an important progress as compared with the 

 first years of the factory's existence. The residuum costs about 

 one dollar delivered as it is used, and this includes loading, 

 hauling, etc. 



A recent government report states: "There was a time when 

 the Pacific Slope used to call upon the Mississippi Valley 

 for her butter and upon the Eastern States and New England 

 for her cheese, but since the introduction of the beet sugar 

 industry California has rapidly forged to the front as a dairy 

 State. A large part of this change has been brought about by 

 the introduction of beet pulps as food for the dairy. One of the 

 most interesting examples of this fact will be found at Watson- 

 ville, Cal. Dairies have sprung up in all directions in that 

 vicinity. Milk trains are running to San Francisco, and the 

 dairy interests in that vicinity are almost wholly the result of 

 pulp feeding. * * * It happens that the creameries there pre- 

 ceded the sugar factories." 



A herd of 200 milch cows kept near a beet-sugar factory 

 about 40 miles south of San Francisco, is given a daily ration of 

 60 Ibs. pulp, 5 Ibs. of mixed ground grain and a little hay. 

 The cows milked averaged almost two gallons each per day. 

 The milk is shipped to a dealer in San Francisco, who pays 12^ 

 cents per gallon for it the year through. The production is 

 greatest from February to May. Butter made from milk of this 

 herd for experimental export was found to have exceedingly 

 good body, a satisfactory flavor and an apparently first class 

 keeping. Near Watsonville 100 Ibs. are fed to each animal. 



It is said that beet tops from certain California beet fields 

 sell for $3.50 to $4.00 per acre on the ground. Many farm- 

 ers fed the tops alone. Experience seems to show that with 

 the addition of bran the results obtained are more satisfactory. 

 Only in some exceptional cases were there complaints respect- 

 ing the flavor imparted to butter through top feeding. An 



