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INDEX. 



Beet leaf keeping, modes of, 107 

 stripping, 95, 96 

 washing, 102, 103 



losses in, 102, 103 

 leaves and other substances in 



silo, 100, 101 



and tops, average crop of, 96 

 harvesting the crop of, 



96. 97 



money value of, 116,117 

 acidulated, 103. 104 

 Buttner and Meyer dryer for. 



105, 107 



compressing of, in siloes, 98 

 Crumner dryer for, 105 

 decomposition of sugar in, 108 

 desiccation of, 110 

 faulty siloing of, 100 

 Grouven's experiments in 



siloing. 100 

 saline elements in, 115 

 siloed, analysis of, 99 



composition of, 98 

 siloing of. in Germany, 101 

 transformation of, in silos, 



and losses, 99, 100 

 Wusterhagen dryer for, 107- 



109 

 mangel, digestible nutrients of, 



320 

 molasses, digestible nutrients of, 



329 



products, comparative nutritive 

 values of rations varied by 

 the addition of, 203 

 different, comparative anal- 

 yses of milk, when fed, 203 

 pulp disease, 144, 145 



feeding of. with a view of 

 producing milk and 

 butter. 147, 148 

 synopsis of experiments in, 



147, 148 

 mixing common salt with, 



147 



utilization, impulse by. to 



sheep raising in the U.S. .45 



value of. on dairy farms, 147 



pulps, combination of common 



salt with, 144, 145 

 dangers of feeding, 143, 144 

 how to feed. 143 

 water in, 149, 156 

 relation of, to leaf composition, 



115, 116 



residuum, analysis of, before and 

 after preparing, 124 



Beet residuum, excess of water in, 121 



feeding and fattening of 



steers with, in Western 



States, 14 



fresh and siloed, feeding of, 



118-172 



manner of using, 119 

 money advantages of, 19 

 pulp, objections to the use of, 



118,119 



sugar left in, 121 

 seed, stalks of, 371 



stalks and seed, feeding with, 



117 

 slices, influence of lime upon the 



cellular testure of, 175 

 special advantage offered by the, 7 

 -steaming pits, Leduc's, 66-68 

 sugar, advantages and disadvan- 

 tages of, 110 

 digestible nutrients of, 320, 



321 



question of the utilization of 

 the over-production of, 312, 

 313 



tops, value of; 220, 221 

 Beets and mangels compared, 70-74 



plant food taken up by, 73 

 potatoes. comparison between, 



88-90 



pulp compared. 69, 70 

 silage, comparison as to the 



cost of feeding with, 87 

 Tankard, comparative in- 

 crease in weight of 

 sheep fed with, 72 

 compared, 71 

 cost of, per acre, 87 

 feeding of, to cattle, 64-117 



cows, and sheep, ex- 

 periments in, in 

 the United States, 

 79-93 



field, and silage relative values of, 



in the production of milk, 83-88 



large and small, in cattle feeding, 



78. 79 

 mangels and silage, comparative 



feeding value of, for cows, 92 

 preparation of, before feeding, 65 

 ration with and without, average 

 daily yield of milk produced 

 by. 86' 



results obtained by feeding a short- 

 horn cow and a Holstein heifer 

 on, 89 

 Bergreen press, 131-134 



