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from the grasses does. The seeds of
these plants lcowpea. soy bean. etc.I
are exceedingly rich In protein and can
take the place Of expensive CONNER
cial feeds. BY growing aud feeding
more leguminous crops the amount or
grain required Is diminished, the value
OF the manure Is Increased. and the soil
Is enriched In fertility.
The byproducts resulting from the
manufacture Of -four. glucose. starch.
cottonseed oil, linseed oil. fermented
liquors. etc. are extensively used for
feeding purposes and include many OF
the richest and most priced feeding
stuffs. Hominy chop. meal and feed
result from the manufacture OF hominy
and contain the gum and coarser por.
tions OF the corn.
The establishment Of beet sugar fac
tories in this country has led to the
production OF immense quantities OF
sugar beet pulp as waste material.
Professor Thomas Shaw expresses bis
belief that sugar beet pulp can be fed
more advantageously 10 cattle and
sheep that are being fattened than to
dairy cows. The New York Cornell
experiment station. however. found
that this material gave good results
with milk COWS In practice about ten
pounds OF pulp per day are fed to sheep
and fifty to seyenty-fye pounds to cat
tie. The amount in the latter case.
however. Is said TO depend on the cat
tie. and more may be given up TO 100
pounds II they will eat II. The pulp
is believed 10 effect n considerable saw
ing In the amount OF grain required fc~
fattening.
Sugar beet pulp can be successfully
preserved in silos and makes a very
fair quality Of silage. II is relished by
cattle. even the slightly spoiled por-
tons not being distasteful TO them
As the sugar beet crop is an exhaustive
one and the fertility OF the soil can be
maintained by feeding the pulp II be-
comes quite an important matter that
farmers growing sugar beets should
combine with It the feeding Of the pulp
where practicable.
Molasses Is another product OF the
beet sugar manufacture which ac-
cumulates In large quantities. In Eu-
rope II has been found to possess con-
siderable value for feeding. For this
purpose II has been mixed with peat.
dried blood, beet pulp or with mix
ture of feeding stuffs. such as bran
and palm nut meal. in order that IL
might be more conveniently handled.
The effect OF drying hay is not to
lessen Its dIgestibility. as Is often be-
lieved. Hay stored for long time,
even when kept dry and not allowed to
heat. appears to lose part OF its val
ne as food.
Experiments abroad have indicated
that cooking or steaming coarse or un-
palatable food was advantageous. not
on account OF making the food more
nutritious. but In inducing the animals
to eat larger quantities Of 1t In ten
trials made by experiment stations
there has not only been no gain from
cooking, but there has been a positive
loss.
The Mississippi station concludes
from three years work that "the milk
and butter from cows fed on steamed
cottonseed cost less than that from
cows fed on raw cottonseed and but
little more than one-half as much as
that from cows fed on cottonseed meal.
The butter from steamed cottonseed is
superior in quality to that from either
raw seed or cottonseed meal" The
Texas station finds 1t advantageous to
boil cottonseed for steers.
Experiments show that 1t will pay to
soak corn for steers II 1t can be done
for cents bushel. Soaking wheat
for pigs Is quite generally recon-
mended.
The Maine station compared the
value of chopped and unchopped hay
for cows and found no evidence that
the chopping had any effect. The In
diana station found that steers made
better gains ON cut than on uncut
clover hay. Cutting corn stover was
found advantageous at the Wisconsin
station.
The use in this country of some kind
of succulent feed nearly the whole
year round, to keep up the appetite
and the general condition of the ami
mails. has become quite general In
Europe roots are largely grown for thia
purpose. In this country roots are
not grown to any great extent In COM
parlson with corn, which furnishes a
larger and cheaper supply OF food ma
terial from given area than any Other
crop. Sllage proves more acceptable
to stock than dry fodder, and they will
consume larger amount of dry matter
in that form. 1t is found adapted to
nearly all kinds Of farm animals, In
Guiding horses. sheep and pigs,
Soiling means the feeding of farm
animals more or less confined on green
forage fresh from the fields, Partial
soillng Is much more common, being
relied upon to carry the animals over
period when pastures are short The
Wisconsin station found that one acre
of solling crops was equal to about