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as to justify making the pulp constitute a large part of 

 the ration. 



Corn fodder, corn stover, and sorghum fodder in its 

 various forms will also furnish a suitable diet along 

 with field roots. The amount of the latter called for 

 is about the same as when feeding the straw of cereals 

 mentioned above. But where sugar beet pulp may be 

 obtained cheaply and conveniently, as much as, say, 60 

 pounds of the latter may be fed to each animal daily. 

 When fed thus freely, the amount of fodder called for 

 will, of course, be correspondingly reduced. Corn 

 ensilage mav take the place of roots, when feeding straw 

 of any kind. In areas well adapted to growing corn, 

 ensilage may be thus made to take the place of roots. 

 It will furnish food more cheaply than roots, except 

 when the latter is fed in the form of raw pulp, but the 

 influence on the system will not be so beneficent. 



Cottonseed hulls fed along with straw or corn or 

 sorghum fodder is a satisfactory food for animals thus 

 wintered. It may, under some conditions, be made to 

 form a large proportion of the ration, thus making it 

 possible to practice economy in feeding straw, should 

 the latter be scarce. When the supply of coarse fodder 

 is limited it is important that it shall be fed with little 

 waste. Such a condition may confront the farmer or 

 ranchman occasionally in any part of the continent, but 

 it will be of more frequent occurrence where the con- 

 ditions are semi-arid. A^^here this occurs, waste in the 

 fodder may be largely, and, in some instances, wholly 

 prevented by running the fodder through a cutting box, 

 and mixing it with a limited quantity of meal. If the 

 cut fodder has first been sprayed or sprinkled with water 

 before sprinkling the meal over it, more complete con- 

 sumption of the food will be secured. Preparing food 

 thus may become the means of carrying animals through 

 the winter that would otherwise perish. 



When horses are maintained, and thev usuallv are 



