Miscellaneous Feeding Stuffs. 



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Yield of milk from dairy cows and gain of steers fed varying quanti- 

 ties of beet pulp — Halle (Germany) Station. 



Witli cows, eighty-eight pounds of pulp caused the largest flow 

 of millc, while with steers the medium quantity supplied, eighty- 

 eight pounds, gave the best returns, a larger amount materially 

 reducing the gain. 



342. Siiage from beet pulp. — Beet pulp makes a very fair 

 quality of silage, and because of the large quantity turned out by 

 the factory in a comparatively short time, much of the pulp 

 should be preserved in the sUo in order that the period of its use- 

 fulness may be materially extended. The simplest form of pres- 

 ervation is effected by excavating trenches three or four feet in 

 depth, and wide enough to drive a team and wagon through. 

 Loads of beet pulp are deposited in this, and when the mass is 

 several feet above the surface of the ground it is arranged with 

 sloping sides which ax'e covered with straw, and on this earth is 

 placed to keep out air and frost. For storing pulp the silo, con- 

 structed in the same manner as for the preservation of green corn, 

 will in the end be found more economical. 



Beet silage is relished by cattle, and serves well for feeding 

 them, both for flesh and milk. It has about half the value of 

 corn silage. 



343. Importance of utilizing beet pulp. — Farmers growing beets 

 for the sugar factory should not be content with this operation, 

 but should add to their system that of feeding a large amount of 

 pulp — at least as much as results from the beets grown by them. 



By feeding stock beet pulp and the other waste of the crop, 

 large quantities of manure will be made which will assist in keep- 



