Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-10-03

quantity of liEc~tihlc protein that hay
from the grasses does. The seeds o.
( these plants lcowpca, Soy bean. etcJ
are rNccrdu-ly rich in protein and can
take tie place of expensive CONNER
cial feed Ey growing and feeding
more lcguM,uuu- crops the amount of
grain required is diminished. the value
the manure Increased, aud the soil
is enriched ia fertility.
The hypr.duG~ resulting from the
/ manufacture" Of -four. glucose. starch.
/ cottonserd OIL lin>rtd oil. fermented
/ liquors. etc. are extensively used for
/ feeding purposes and include many of
/ the richest and most priced feeding
/ stuffS. Homiuy 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 a waste material
Professor Thomas Shaw expresses his
belief that sugar beet pulp can be fed
more advantagcously 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-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 if they will eat it. The pulp
| is believed to effect n considerable saw
ing in the amount Of grain required for
fattening.
Sugar beet pulp can be successfully
| preserved in silos and makes very
| fair quality Of silage. 1t 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 1t 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 &C.
cumulates in large quantities. In Eu-
| 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 MS bran
and palm nut meal. in order that it
might be more conveniently handled.
The effect of drying hay is not to
lessen ITS digestibility, as is often be-
ieved Hay stored for long time.
even when kept dry and not allowed to
heat appears to lose part OF its 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 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 1.-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 IL
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 If it can be done
| for 6 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
or 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 this
purpose. In this country roots are
not grown to any great extent in com
parisOn with corn. which furnishes a
larger and cheaper supply of food ma
terial from given area than any other
crop. Silage 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
soiling Is much more common being
relied upon to carry the animals over
a period when pastures are short The
| Wisconsin station found that one acre
Of sOlling crops was equal to about
l.