The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-08-07

result from the manufacture 0t nOillfny
and contain the gum aud coarser por
tons 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 Il waste material
Professor Thomas Shaw expresses his
belief that sugar beet pulp can he fed
more advantageously to cattle and
sheep that are being fattened than to
dairy cows. The New York Cornell
that this material gave good results
with milk COWS. In practice about ten
pounds of pnlp per day are fed to sheep
and fifty to seventy-fve 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 1t. The pulp
is believed to effect n considerable saw
ing in the amount Of grain required for
fattcning.
Sugar beet pulp can h successfully
preserved in silOs and makes very
fair quality Of silngc. 1t Is relished ny
cnttlc. even the slightly spoiled p"7-
tons not being distnsteful to them.
AS the sugar beet crop Is an exhaustive
one and the fertility Of the soil can he
maintained by feeding the pulp it he
comes quite IN 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 nc
cumnlates In large quantities. In Eu7
rope 1t has been found to possess con-
siderable value for feeding For this
purpose 1t 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 it
might he more conveniently handled
The effect Of drying hay is not to
lessen it's 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 it's val
ue 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 It 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 1.-THE milk
and butter from cows fed on steamed
cottonseed cost less than that from
cows fed on raw cottonseed and bat
little more than one-half as much rs
| that from cows fed on cOttonseed meal
| The butter from steamed cotton>eed l.
superior in quality to that from either
raw seed or cottonseed meal" The
| Texas station finds 1t advantageous t.
| boil cottonseed for steers.
Experiments show that 1t will pay t.
| soak corn for steers il it can he done
| for 6 cents bushel. Soaking wheat
for pigs is quite generally recon
mende.l.
The Maine station compared the
value Of chopped and unchopped ha.
for cows and found no evidence thai
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 wa.
found advantageous at the Wisconsin
station
The use in this country OF some kint
| Of sncculent feed nearly the whole
year round. to keep up the appetite
and the general condition Of the ami
mails. has become quite general Il,
Europe roots are largely grown for thi,
purpose. In this country roots arr
not grown to any great extent In com
parison with corn. which furnishes f;
larger and cheaper supply of food NH
terial from given urea than any othel
crop. Silage proves more acceptable
to stock than dry fodder, and they vii
consume larger amount of dry matter
nearly all kinds of farm animals. in
Guiding horses. sheep and pigs.
Soiling means the feeding Of farm
animals more or less confined on greer
forage fresh from the fields Partia
soiling Is much more common. being
relied upon to carry the animals ovel
a period when pastures are short. The
Wisconsin station found that one acre
of soiling crops was equal to about
two and one-half acres of good blue
grass pasture for feeding dairy cows
and the Connecticut Storrs station
kept four cows from June to Nov.
on selling crops produced on two an(
one-half acres Of land. Partial soilin:
properly conducted will be found +:
profitable practice on many farms.
A considerable number of proprie
ldry articles sold under trade name.
are found on the markets in this coun
IT,. Analyses Of samples of thes,
feeding stuffs collected from time t.
time show that none of them can b,
regarded as concentrated feeds in tn,
common acceptation Of the term. TIL
basis Of the better ones is linseed o
f!axseed meal or some cereal byprod
uct. They are usually sold Mt exorbi
tant prices. ranging from 10 to y
cents pound.
The House Of Romanoff,
The house Of Romanoff passed out o
| existence with the death Of its las