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for milk production,! so that by feeding enough more of 
the pulp to make up for the extra water it contains the 
same effect is obtained by the two feeds. 
If properly fed, no ill effects on the milk result, and 
there is a stimulating action which causes the cow to 
consume more dry roughage and to produce milk more 
economically. With no other succulent feed in the 
ration, the benefits of siloed pulp are very marked. Since 
the cow should not have too large a quantity of bulky 
feed, it is not advisable to feed more than twenty to forty 
pounds of pulp a day, although fifty to one hundred pounds 
would be eaten if placed before the cow in unlimited 
quantities. Dried pulp finds great favor with dairy-men, 
especially with those who are feeding for high milk pro- 
duction. The stimulating effect is obtained in the dry 
pulp without the bulk, although it is better to soften 
with a little water before feeding.? Replacing forty-five 
pounds of corn silage with nine pounds of dried beet pulp 
and five pounds of mixed hay increased the milk yield 
11 per cent. Experiments show dried pulp to have a 
value as a dairy feed equal to two-thirds that of wheat 
bran,? and it frequently takes the place of bran, oil meal, 
and the like, in the dairy ration. 
There is some diversity of opinion as to the value of 
mixing the beet molasses with the dried pulp. In New 
Jersey the addition of the molasses had little influence 
when compared with the dried pulp without the molas- 
1 Wing, H. H.,and Anderson, L., Cornell Exp. Sta., Bul. No. 183. 
2 Billings, G. A., New Jersey Exp. Sta., Bul. No. 189. 
3 Woll, F. W., and Humphrey, G.C., Wis. Exp. Sta. Ann. Rot., 
1905, pp. 108-117. 
