The Grit-advocate., 1903-11-27
FARMING MATTERS.
Beet Pulp Feed Test.

president of the Great Western Sugar
Company. at LOveland. says the Den
yer News correspondent. He has pur-
chased 300 head of range cattle OF vari-
Gus kinds and will thoroughly test
sugar beet pulp as a ration for common
| everyday cattle,
| Mr.. Boettcher has made a study OF
pulp and from personal investiga-
ton of the extensive feeding by farm
ers in the vicinity of Loveland last year
he has become convinced that beet pulp
is an ideal ration for stock and will
have decisive test made with his cat
lie and if the experiment is anything
! like the success he is sure it will be
he intends fattening from 10000 to 49,
900 head of range cattle in the vicinity
of the Loveland factory every fall and
| winter.
The farmers of Loveland fed prac-
| tically all the pulp turned out at the
factory last year, and while they are
unanimous in saying that pulp is an ex
cellent ration and was as good or even
better than expected as a producer OF
| flesh, their testimony is only in a gen.
eral way, and is not of value to the
man who intends to feed on a large
scale. They kept no records, simply
fed the pulp and got good results.
Mr.. Boettcher has been in consulta-
ton with Agricuturist Carlyle, who
lately came here from Wisconsin. and
between the two plan has been for
mulated that will test the usefulness OF
the pulp in cattle feeding. AT the end
of the season they will know just what
kind OF stock to feed and what to in
clude with pulp to get the best re-
suits in the way of profits.
The 300 head of cattle used in the
feeding experiment will be divided into
two herds of $50 each. One herd will
be subdivided into three lots Of fifty
each. All during the test each lot will
be kept separate The different lots
will be fed as follows
Lot No. ! will be fed from the ge-
ginning to the end of the Test on moth
ing but sugar beet pulp and first grade
alfalfa hay.
Lot No. will get sugar beet pulp,
alfalfa hay and Colorado grown grains
consisting principally of barley. Some
wheat will be given at different stages
of the test and a liberal allowance of
cotton seed meal as a finishing ration.
Lot No. will be fed plup and alfal-
ia hay, the same as lots l and 2. and
will in addition, get good supply OF
grain, including corn. The test with
these three pens viii close about the
first of next April.
The second herd of $50 will be fed
on an exclusive ration of beet pulp and
alfalfa hay. This lot is composed
principally of OH stock. An idea will
be gained from the result with this
lot Of cattle as to whether old cattle
thrive as well as young on pulp.
These cattle will all be fed on the
Wagner ranch, twelve miles south of
Loveland.
These experiments are conducted
jointly by the Agricultural college peo-.
pie and the sugar factory management
The latter pay for the cattle, all the
| expense of feeding and. of course, get
all the profits. The college furnishes
an expert stockman, whose duty it will
| be to see that the various lots are prop
erly fed in accordance with the plans
made. He will keep a book account OF
the various pens and the daily record
| will show the progress of the expert
| ment.
The test conducted last year at the
college was along this line. only 1t was
on a smaller scale, in fact the pulp was
l
| lege farm people have always advocat-
| ed pulp as ration and c. J. Griffith,
animal husbandryman, makes the fol-
lowing interesting statement:
1T should De stated that the at
| tempts to compute the cash value Of
| pulp, compared with other foods. do
| not indicate its total value. 1t supplies
| a succulent food at a time when such
| t,o oft Lob la 10
and its effect on stock seems to be
| much more favorable than either its
chemical analysis or the return in in
\ creased meat or milk would indicate.
To it's actual nutritive effect as food
should be added its general effect on
tee quality of meat and milk and on
the animal system. Pulp undoubtedly
overcomes much injurious effects of
| dry and concentrated foods, puts the
| system in a good sanitary condition,
keeps off disease and so aids the appe-
lite and digestion and assimilation of
food that there is less waste. both of
food which is generally discarded in
eating, and that which usually passes
through the animal undigested.
The last beet and pulp feeding test
| which we conducted gave the following
result: Five cows fed twenty-four
pounds Of beet pulp for six weeks, in
addition to grain and hay. made an
| average gain of 6.2 pounds. The same
COWS. fed twelve pounds of beets per
day, made an average gain of one-tifth
pound per week A little more than
three times as much profit resulted
from feeding twenty-four pounds of
pulp per day than was realized from
feeding twelve pounds of beets per day.
| at 81 and 81 per ton. respectively. The
total profits indicated a feeding value
of the pulp for butter production Of
S26l per ton, and of the beets of $506
per ton when fed in small amounts and
when butter is worth twenty cents per
pound.
| The well known Wealthy and Fa-
meuse apples are wonderfully adapted
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