222 FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



desired. The siloed pulp analyzed by the Nebraska station had 

 the following composition: Water 88.64; acidity 0.19; dry 

 matter 11.36; ether extract. 09; crude protein 1.24: crude fibre 

 2.94; nitrogen-free extract 6.69; ash 0.39. 



Experience at At Grand Island, Neb., a stock feeder who has had con- 

 Grand Island.Neb. siderable experience with residuum cossettes says that when 

 the feeding commenced he fed for several days 20 to 25 Ibs. 

 of pulp with hay and grain or meal mixed with it. This was 

 gradually increased to 40 to 50 Ibs. He also tried 80 to 90 

 Ibs. per head, but considers this a disadvantage in fattening 

 cattle, as they eat less grain and meal. Pulp helps to digest 

 the food and lessens the danger of overfeeding. After feeding 

 from ninety to one hundred days, he advises going back grad- 

 ually to 20 or 25 Ibs. of pulp per day, increasing the grain food, 

 etc., and finds it better to give ground feed with pulp rather 

 than whole grain. The pulp-fed cattle will sell as readily as 

 any other, as they dress and ship as well, even for export. 

 Cattle will eat poor and damaged roughage, which they other- 

 wise would not touch, if it is mixed with pulp. 



Experience at The leading pioneer of residuum pulp feeding in Nebraska 

 Ames, Neb. has been the Standard Cattle Co., at Ames, and extracts and 

 comments giving in considerable detail their experience from 

 the beginning are quoted. Several years since the following 

 statement was made: " Beet pulp cannot be profitably used, as 

 I think, except when fed to animals that are sheltered in a 

 warm place." No experiments had been made; this was 

 simply an assertion. Since that time Mr. Allen, of the com- 

 pany, has given the question a great deal of attention. He 

 says : 



"The average amount of ground feed that w r e have given 

 cattle in out-door lots, in mid-winter, ranged from 25 to 28 Ibs. 

 per day; indoor fed cattle, 16 to 20 Ibs. Last winter we 

 shipped pulp-fed cattle that had been fed only ten pounds 

 of grain; some that had been fed only six pounds through three- 

 fourths of their feed." 



As regards cattle fed on grain, it is assumed that the number 

 is 3,000,000, and the cost of food of each animal is estimated at 

 $19. This means $57,000,000. The saving for cattle feed alone 



