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FEEDING WITH SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR, ETC. 



the prospect of an invasion of live stock to be sent from 

 Montana, which was to utilize the residuum of the beet-sugar 

 factories, 



Utah. At Utah several thousand head of cattle are fattened almost 



at the door of the factory. The} 7 consume over 100 Ibs. of the 

 residuum per diem, to which are added about 15 Ibs. hay. 



From the early building of the Lehi factory provisions were 

 made for the pulp utilization, with the view of extending the 

 dairying interest of the State. Several thousand head of cattle 

 are fed. 



New Mexico. In New Mexico 5000 sheep were fed in pens not far from the 

 Carlsbad factory. No complaints were offered to this system of 

 feeding, and the results taken on the whole were most satisfac- 

 tory. Besides this attempt at feeding, the dairying farmers 

 of the locality availed themselves of the opportunity. 



At Eddy there have been fattened over 1000 head of sheep, 

 etc., and the experiment met with success. The fattening 

 reached nearly ^ Ib. per diem. The residuum pulp was com- 

 bined with alfalfa. 



Oregon. The Oregon Sugar Co., during the last campaign, was able to 



dispose of several thousand tons of the residuum, which was 

 considered encouraging, and, after it has been fed to sheep, 

 other sales may follow; 10,000 tons of pulp remained, and 

 nearly all of it appears to have found a ready market at a price 

 which varied, according to quantity, from thirty to sixty cents 

 per ton. 



Minnesota. At Minnesota the Saint Louis Park factory has been fortunate 

 in being able to dispose of its pulp as fast as produced. The 

 selling price of the residuum is only about 20 cents per tori. 

 Colorado. From Colorado we learn that the Lockhart Live Stock Co. 

 has this year been feeding 4,000 head of cattle with 30,000 tons 

 of beet pulp. During the campaign previous the farmers took 

 very little interest in this question of pulp utilization. At pres- 

 ent they are entitled to 20 per cent, of all the residuum and are 

 availing themselves of the opportunity. 



Iowa. The importance of feeding pulp and beets to cattle was well 



expressed in a speech made in Iowa by our Secretary of Agri- 

 culture: "The managers of the Agricultural College of Iowa, 



