1904.] Cider Apples for Cattle Feeding. 



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of animals under 3 months old, or of cows over 12 years, for 

 losses by robbery, floods, fire, &c, or for losses due to overwork,, 

 lack of care, ill-treatment, &c. : : 



The need for uniting these small associations into federations 

 in order to enable them to meet exceptional demands is especially 

 urged by the Ministry of Agriculture, and there are at the. 

 present time seventeen societies for re-insurance. 



In Mr. F. J. Lloyd's Report on Cider Making*, reference is 

 made to the utilisation of the pomace or refuse of the apples 

 after they have been pressed, and it is noted 

 Utilisation Of t | la t fo e expressed pomace may be used 

 Cider Apples for . , , • A c a 



Cattle Feeding*. * or f eecnn g animals and is a good iood so 



long as it can be given to them while still 

 fresh; but it undergoes rapid change and is then said to 

 be injurious. This observation may be supplemented by an 

 account of the employment of this substance in France, which 

 appeared in a recent number of the Journal d Agriculture 

 Pratique. The pomace resembles in some respects the sugar 

 beet pulp largely used on the Continent as a cattle food. It 

 should preferably be cooked by exposure to steam before being 

 fed, and the quantity given should not exceed 26^ lb. per head 

 daily for cattle weighing 900-1,100 lb. live weight ; for sheep 

 and pigs about 4-J- to 6J lb. are enough. It should be given with 

 dry food, such as chopped hay or straw, or cake, as the pro- 

 portion of water it contains is high, while its nitrogenous 

 constituents are low. This will be seen from the following 

 analysis made by Mr. F. j. Lloyd of the pressed pomace as 

 taken from the press : — 



Composition of Pressed Apple Pomace. 



Water 72*40 



Oil ... I'oS 



Nitrogenous constituents ... ... ... ... ... 127 



Sugar, &c ... ... ... 18*34 



Woody fibre ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4*64 



Mineral matter 2-27 



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* Cd.. 1868. Price Sd, ^.41. 



