The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-19

cowpes, etc.-coptains about twice the
quantity Of digcstible protein that hay
from the grasses does. The seeds of
these plants tcowpea. soy bean. etc.I
are exceedingly rich In protein and can
take the place Of expensive CONNER
cial feeds. ny growing and feeding
more leguminous crops the amount Of
grain required In diminished, the value
OF the manure Is increased. and the soil
In enriched In fertility.
The byproducts resulting from the
manufacture Of -four. glucose. starch.
cottonseed oil, Hnseed oil. fermented
liquors, etc, are extensively used for
feeding purposes and include many OF
the richest and most priced feeding
stufrs. Eiominy chop. meal and feed
result from the manufacture OF hominy
and contain the gum and coarser por.
lions 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 a waste material
Professor Thomas Shaw expresses his
belief that sugar beet pulp can be fed
more advantageousIy TO 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 seventy-fiye pounds to cat
tie. The amount In the latter case,
however. Is said 10 depend on the cat
tie, and more may be given up TO 100
pounds II they will eat II. The pulp
In believed to effect a considerable saw
ing in the amount OF grain required for
fattening
Sugar beet pulp can be successfully
preserved In silos and makes n very
fair quality Of sllage. II Is rellshed by
cattle. even the slightly spoiled por-
tons not being distasteful to them.
As the sugar beet crop II 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 II the feeding Of the pulp
where practicable.
Molasses II 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.
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ture Of feeding stuffs. such as bran
and palm nut meal. in order that II
might be more conveniently handled.
The effect Of drying hay is not to
lessen its digestibility. as is often be-
lieved. Hay stored for a 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 I'M
palatable food was advantageous. not
on account OF making the food more
nutritious, but In inducing the animals
10 eat larger quantities OF IT, In ten
trials made by experiment stations
there has not only been no gain from
cooking. but there has been positive
loss
The Mississippi station concludes
from three years work that "the milk
aud 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 II advantageous to
boil cottonseed for steers.
Experiments show that II will pay to
soak corn for steers II II can be done
for cents a 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 berome quite general. In
Europe roots are largely grown for this
purpose. In this country roots are
not grown 10 any great extent In com
parison with corn. which furnishes a
larger and cheaper supply OF food ma
terlal from a given area than any other
crop. Sllage proves more acceptable
TO stock than dry fodder. and they will
consume a larger amount OF dry matter
In that form II 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
soiling 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
two and one-half acres Of good blue
grass pasture for feeding dairy cows,
and tho Connacticut Storra atation