On Beet-root Pulp. 
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Composition of Beet-root Pulp from Lavenliam. 
Moisture 70-11 
* Albuminous compounds (flesh-forming matters) . . 2-25 
Sugar 3-39 
Mucilage and pectinous comjiounds l-;)3 
Digestible cellular fibre 15-13 
Woody fibre (cellulose) 5-32 
Mineral matter (ash) 1-87 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen -361 
We learn from the preceding analytical results: — 
1. That this pulp contains, in round numbers, 30 per cent. 
of dry feeding matter. 
2. That an appreciable amount of sugar is retained in the 
More sugar probably was left in this residue than is usual, 
owing to the circumstance that the roots were rather flabby Avhen 
they were worked up for sugar, and in that condition could not 
be grated so thoroughly as fresher beets, and the juice in con- 
sequence could not be squeezed out so completely as from more 
perfectly rasped beets. 
3. That a large proportion of the fibre is readily digestible ; 
and 
4. That beet-root pulp contains a considerable proportion of 
albuminous or flesh -forming matters. 
The next analysis was made from a specimen of French pulp, 
which yielded the following results: — 
Composition of a Specimen of Beet-root Pulp produced in France. 
Moisture 70-88 ; 
* Albuminous compounds (llesh-forming matters) .. 2-38 
Mucilage, pectinous compounds, and a little sugar 6'59 ■ ' 
Crude cellular fibre 16-43 
Mineral matter (ash) 3-72 
100-00 
* Containing nitrogen , -382 
It will be seen that the French pulp resembled closely in 
composition the English specimen. Both contained about the 
same percentages of water and of flesh-forming compounds, and 
both may be regarded as equally useful for feeding purposes. 
In a second specimen of French pulp, which evidently had 
been kept for a considerable length of time in an unsheltered 
place, I found a good deal more water, as will be seen by the 
subjoined analysis : — 
