The Washburn leader., 1900-08-18
sugar-Bsst Pulp in Cow Feed.

and Poultry:
Sugar-Bset Pulp In Cow Feed.
A government report on dairying in
California says: Sugar-beet pulp,
which is the principal by-product in
the manufacture of beet sugar, is US
ually sold for Is to 30 cents ton at
the factory. Last year the price was
as high as so cents. AS it can be held
long time in silo and is fed to best
advantage when old, it is available
the entire year. The use of fresh pulp
is said to reduce the milk flow. It is
supposed to be good when a few weeks
old and better at six months, and will
keep two or three years.
When fresh the pulp is piled or
placed in a silo where it re-
mains undisturbed until needed for
use. The material is so soft and moist
that If a large pile Is dumped in the
corner Of an inclosed space it will
gradually settle until the surface is
almost level. OF course the top part
decays, and after time the entire
mass Is covered with a protecting lay
er from 3 to inches In thickness.
Within few months the individual
pieces Of beet which were originally
2 or 3 inches long and quite slender
are broken down, and the appearance
OF the material reminds one of cold
mush, grayish brown in color. Three
tons of fresh pulp make about ton
cured. Pulp has tendency to fatten
and 1t is given to beef cattle without
the addition Of any other food, but
for mich cows its effect is found to be
best when used with a little grain or
hay. Without these latter 1t is sup
posed to produce thin and watery
milk. One feeder uses corn with pulp,
another feeds about pounds of bran
daily. When pulp is fed in consider
able quantity the animals do not care
for water and may 60 for months with
out drink. A feeder who has been
using this by-product several years
complains that when his cows have
been fed for long time on pulp their
calves are likely to come weak and
be troubled with scours. Another
dairyman Of less experience who feeds
the pulp fresh states that in his obser-
vation it has no bad effect on the
calves. A herd of 200 milch cows kept
near beet-sugar factory about 40
miles south Of San Francisco is given
daily ration of 60 pounds of pulp,
pounds of mixed ground grain, and a
little hay. The cows were seen in the
pasture and appeared to be in good
health and flesh. The milking cows
averaged almost 2 gallons each per
day. Their milk is shipped to dealer
in San Francisco, who pays 12h cents
per gallon for it the year through and
1 1-e cents per gallon for railroad
freight. Butter made from the milk
of this herd. for experimental export.
was found to have exceedingly good
body, satisfactory flavor, and an ap-
parently hrst-class keeping quality.
Artificial Incubation.
Chas. A. Cyphers: The artificial
Matching Of hens eggs has been known
from the remotest ages. Though in
Egypt tradition attributes the inven-
tion to the ancient priests of the Tenn
pie OF Isis, 1t is impossible to deter
mine at what period or to what nation
the construction of the first eccaleobion
should be credited. The first authentic
account We find of the early meth
eds is in "The Voiage and Travaile of
Sir John Maundsville, Kt.," in his de-
scription of the River Nile. Egypt. its
geography. productions. etc., written
some time previous to 1856. as a
"solaas' during his "wretched rest," on
his retarn to England from the East.
broken in health: "Also at Cayre
(Cairo). that spake Of before, sellen
men, comounly men and women Of
other lave, as we done here bestes in
the market. And there Is a common
hows in that cytee that is all full OF
smale furneys: and thidre bryngen
wommen Of the toun here eyren (eggs)
of hennes, OF gees and of dokes, for
to ben put in to the furneyses. And
thei that kepen that hows Govern hem
with hete Of hors dong, and outen
henne, goos or doke or any other fowl;
and at the ende Of three weeks or a
monthe. thei comen again and taken
here chickens and norissche hem and
bryngen hem forthe, so that allie the
countre is fulle Of hem. And so men
don there bottle wyntre and somer."
These Matching places at one time ex-
tended over Egypt, Damascus, Jerusa-
lem and samaria. They are now only
found in Mausoura. in the village of
Berma, situated in the Delta Of the
Nile. The Egyptians must have had a
thorough knowledge Of the details of
their method, for we find those having
ovens, or manuals, and making artih-
cial Matching q business, giving sixty
newly Matched chicks in exchange for
100 eggs.
The stories that reached Fsance OF
the success Of the Egyptians in this
branch Of rural economy created con-
siderable interest at one time. One
Florentins duke imported an Egyptian
director. and met with considerable
success. In 1415 Charles VII. became
interested, as did also Francis l.. at
Montrichard. about 154o. Bonneman. a
physician Of Nauterre. 1777. seems to
have been the first to establish hatch
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