176 The Sugar-Beet in America 
is so bulky that only a small part of the ration should 
be supplied in this form. Pulp and molasses sometimes 
take the place of part of the shorts or of similar 
feeds.? 
To winter brood sows cheaply, pulp and a small quantity 
of grain have been used with good results. For hogs, 
the quantity of pulp recommended is between one and 
two pounds for each pound of grain fed in fattening. If 
dried pulp is used, it is usually softened with milk before 
being fed. 
WASTE SUGAR-BEETS AND ROOT-TIPS 
The feeding of roots left from the production of sugar- 
beet seed is growing in importance. These beets contain 
from 6 to 14 per cent of sugar and frequently yield from 
eight to ten tons to the acre. Since their woody fibrous 
nature prevents their being used for sugar-making, feed- 
ing seems to be the only way of obtaining a profit from 
them. The great amount of fibrous material makes them 
somewhat dangerous for stock, which are sometimes killed 
by accumulations of this material in the digestive tract. 
If fed in moderation and in connection with other feeds, 
it seems possible to utilize this rapidly increasing by- 
product. Formerly, only a few acres of beet seed were 
grown in America, but in the future thousands of acres 
will be devoted to seed production. 
A product that merits more attention for feeding pur- 
poses than it is receiving is that which remains after the 
1 Clark, R. W., Utah Exp. Sta., Bul. No. 101. 
