POULTRY FEEDS AND FEEDING 



BEET PULP 



Beet pulp is a by-product of the manufacture of beet 

 sugar, the juices of the beets having been extracted by 

 soaking them in warm water. The dry matter in wet 

 beet pulp, although the latter contains only one to two per 

 cent of sugar, has sufficient other carbohydrates to make 

 it equal to a similar weight of dry matter in root crops. 

 This pulp is very low in mineral matter and contains only 

 a small amount of crude protein. Much of this product 

 is fed locally in a wet form to stock but a considerable 

 amount is shipped away for feeding. As it will absorb 

 considerable water it should be soaked in two or three 

 times its weight of water before it is fed. Beet pulp is 

 used somewhat for feeding poultry, as a feed by itself and 

 also mixed in the mash. Poultry do not especially care 

 for soaked beet pulp and it is usually fed to better advan- 

 tage mixed in the mash than as a separate feed. 



MOLASSES 



The beet molasses produced from the beet sugar refiner- 

 ies contains about 66 per cent of nitrogen free extract, 

 nearly all of which is sugar. The crude proteins of mo- 

 lasses have very little feeding value. Molasses is of a 

 laxative nature on account of its high content of alkaline 

 salts as well as other purgatives. It is considered worth 

 about three-fourths of the value of corn as a stock feed. 

 Cane molasses, called "black strap" is produced in the 

 manufacture of cane sugar but is costive in its action if 

 fed in large quantities. It has a feeding value similar to 



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