THE FEEDING VALUE OF BEET PULP. 9 
probably does not pay to feed large amounts of frozen pulp 
in cold weather, as the animal must expend much food 
energy to raise the temperature of the pulp to the heat of 
the body. Utah reports a case of the pulp becoming poison¬ 
ed in shipping. The pulp was shipped in freight cars which 
had been used in shipping lead ores from the mines, and the 
pulp absorbed enough of the lead to make it dangerous to 
stock. 
During the past spring the Denver papers gave an ac¬ 
count of cattles’ mouths becoming sore from eating pulp, 
claiming that the injury was produced by acids added to the 
pulp in the process of manufacture. This is hardly possible, 
as the pulp is subjected to nothing but hot water at the fac¬ 
tory. Through the process of fermentation from long keep¬ 
ing butyric and acetic acids develop in pulp, but we have no 
accounts of any injurious effects from feeding fermented 
pulp. 
The greatest difficulty with pulp feeding is that the large 
amount of water it contains makes it heavy and rather ex¬ 
pensive to handle, and it is sometimes difficult to keep the 
animals dry and comfortable while feeding large amounts of 
it. The feeder who is near the factory and has the appliances 
so arranged that he can handle the pulp with the least ex¬ 
pense, should make the greatest use of pulp and will gain the 
greatest profit from its use- If it can be placed before stock 
at a cost of not more than one dollar per ton, we believe it 
will bring good returns for the investment, and in many in¬ 
stances it may be worth two or three times this amount. 
Whether fresh, fermented , or dry, beet pulp is a valuable 
stock food, and one of which our farmers should make the 
largest possible use. 
As an example of how pulp may be combined with other 
foods in forming a ration, we give the following illustration: 
RATIONS WITH BEET PULP. 
FATTENING CATTLE WEIGHING I ,CCO POUNDS. 
FIRST PERIOD. 
Dry 
Carbo- 
Nutritive 
Matter. 
Protein. 
hydrates. 
Fat. 
Ratio. 
Standard Ration 
30 
2.5 
15.0 
0.5 
1:6-5 
Alfalfa. 
.15 
lbs. 
13.7 
1.65 
5.94 
0.1S 
Beet Pulp. 
75 
i. 
7.0 
0.45 
5.47 
Cotton Seed Meal 
2 
t i 
1.8 
0.75 
0.3 
0.24 
23.1 
2.85 
11.71 
0.42 
1:4.4 
