Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-19


Now that the sugar factory 40 Lehi
10 again In operation, there 10 available
Tor owners Of animals a large quantity
Of beet pulp for feeding. This refuse
Of the factory IL by no means wholly
waste matter on the contrary II IL val
liable Tor iattenin6 cattle, and as It h
purohssablo at n low price its feeding l.
profitable. Some Of those who FED the
beet pulp last year and who made care
ful observations Of the result say that
this was surprising In IL beneficial
nature. The ,esis made In feeding sew.
efal thousand head Of cattle al Grand
Island, Neb., also proved 20 satIsfao.
tory that there Is now no difficulty In
disposing OF the pulp u cattle owners
near the factory.
OF course the Advan age Of this
particular class OF food h confined NJ
present to those In the locality Of the
sugar works, a. Il would not pay TO
ship the pulp any great distance, even
II there were sufficient produced ~
supply an extensive demand. But the
act Of tho value Of the pulp 40 food is
suggestive OF the Idea that the beet
Itself 10 Of still greater value. The0-
rrtically, those who know tho varl.
Gus elements composing the sugar beet
say that Ia connection with some Of
the common grasses II combines to
make food OF very high order for AMI.
mails, M IL possesses special hesh max.
ing qualities. Acting upon this
theory In connection with the iavorable
demonstrations OF the practical work
already referred to, tue state OF Colo.
RADIO is now making some interesting
tests. Ten acres Of bee,s. averaging
twenty-five 10 thiriy tons 10 the acre,
supply this uivislon Of the food ma.
tefial that ID TO DO ussd for hfty-two
steers. The latter arc to bo fed on
lucern and sugar beuts, and arc 10 be-
placed en- the beef market In Fobruary,
after four months feeding. Both luoern
aud beeis are TO be weighed out regu.
larly, and the feeding IL to DO carried
out on a strictly scientific basis, 90 that
by actual experience the specific 10.
suits may be asoertainej. The program
decided on Ia 10 give each animal Ave
pounds Of sugar btols per day, ana III
tue lucetn II eau eat hight along. The
beels are to DO increased 10 twenty-five
pounds per Jay by tho close Of the sea,
son, when tits expected that the quantl.
~ Of hay consumed viii be small. The
gradual process Of feeding tho sugar
beols II adopted for the reason that 10
change suddenly 10 beet diet from
that to which tho amin Vie have been
accustomed might prove Injurious.
II this experiment with tho sugar
beet itself should confirm the estimate
already made Of the nutritlve qualities
OF tue root, III detail will be OF u
most Interesting character TO farmers
In this Territory. There would 10
found not only an advantage In the
cultivation Of sugar beois for feed, bu,
such cultivation would pave the way
for the raising OF beeis for fur.
Their sugar manuiaciurc, especially
In those districts not covered by
the requirements Of the present factory
but which, In the course OF events,
will meet such an inatilulion, In the
meantime Utah feeders Of sugar beet
pulp would couier favor by carefully
noting and giving to the public tue
precise results OF the procedure; while
the outcome OF any feeding Of the bso,s
direct would bu both interesting and
valuable rs a matter Of instruction. lt
Ia an item Of somu Importance TO know
whether II Ia profitable q raise sugar
beeta for any other purpose than sugar
manufacture; ami u the inquiry can
be decisivoiy answered IA the atilrma-
live, aud that purpose DO demonstrated
to be tho iattoniug Of animals ior the
God market, then another aud very
important industrial problem In this
Territory Will have been partially
lved at least-thut Of facilitating the
production VI good meats andot cheap,
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