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It was stated that the oxen fell off in flesh the first fifteen 
days on pulp, but after that they gained and did more work 
on the pulp ration. The ewes were given a little larger 
ration than the sheep. An experiment in feeding milk cows 
was said to be even more satisfactory but the comparative 
value of the pulp was not indicated. 
CALIFORNIA. 
The California Experiment Station has published some 
general statements regarding the value of pulp. Different 
stockmen replied that they could afford to pay from 25 cents 
to $1.00 per ton for beet pulp. One man placed the value of 
fermented pulp at 25 cents per ton more than fresh pulp. 
The pulp there is fed with oat and barley hay and straw, 
along with chopped grain and cottonseed meal. It is claimed 
that the meat dresses whiter and with less sinews when fed 
pulp. An experiment is reported in which pulp was fed to 
cows and its effect on feed consumed, milk flow and. butter 
fat noted. An accurate account of the hay was not kept, but 
approximately when no pulp was fed, the cows consumed 
twenty pounds of hay per day, in addition to eight pounds of 
grain. When given pulp, the consumption of hay varied 
from 6 to 16 pounds, depending upon the amount of 
pulp, which varied from 20 to 80 pounds per day. The 
effect on the milk flow was beneficial, but there was no 
appreciable effect in raising or lowering the proportion of fat 
in the milk. 
MICHIGAN. 
The Michigan Experiment Station has carried out some 
interesting experiments in feeding beet pulp. In one experi¬ 
ment pulp was fed to steers at the rate of 55 pounds per day 
along with mixed hay, shredded corn stover and ground 
grain. The amounts of foods given and eaten were compar¬ 
ed with a check lot not given pulp. It was found that one 
ton of pulp took the place of 421.5 pounds of corn stover, 274 
pounds of mixed hay and 68.8 pounds of grain. At Colorado 
prices of $4.00 per ton for the roughage and 1 % cents per 
pound for the grain, this would give the pulp a value of $2.25 
per ton. 
In another experiment 13,775 pounds of pulp gave an in¬ 
creased gain of 280 pounds of beef. Giving the increased 
gain a value of 7cents per pound would indicate that the 
feeding value of the pulp was a little more than $3.00 per ton. 
Experiments with milk cows showed that the pulp, when 
given with hay and grain, increased the flow of milk some- 
