The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-31
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VALUE OF PULP
BysP roducf u Sugar Beets
Fed 70 -Four Herds as
IN Experiment.
ASSO CITATION REPORTS
JtSh Cow Testing Society
Secures Good Results
From Feed.
ASSOCIATION REPORTS

Gown has recently been quite an issue
witA The farmers Of the sugar beet pro-
nGt1x communities Lately more beet
Huh th4n has ever before been fed has
been used by the dairy farmers to re-
13qce hay and at the same time to
40gm ! succulent food in the dairy ra
TON. The practicability Of wet beet
pip - y dairy feed has not as yet
loen thoroughly ascertained. but rec
xens OF the Wellsville Cow Testing
sGouletipn Of Utah shows that. IL fed
ayvithin the proper limits, 1t has been
~ u beneficial nature In the balancing
6f fakiona. the providing Of a succuient
iced, and the increasing OF milk pro-
duc*ion.
4 - 10 IS Pounds Per Day.
Fsoln the records Of the Welisville
COW resting association Of Wellsville,
11tA6. IA which IS herds were fed wet
boet Pulp ~ part of their rations, 1t was
1ounA that from 80 to IS pounds OF wet
beet pUlp per day, per 1000 pounds OF
1tNN votoht, was the best proportions In
when V fesd 1t to rnilch cows. Some
s6niry1nen fed from rs to 100 pounds OF
lpnIps per day, and obtain exceptional
Sqna)1e far q short time. In many cases
1scsoa1aug the flow Of their herds fully
u0o.kl1sa These results. however, were
10 loettno. - the excessive amount OF
nulp caused 4 tendency for the cows to
3nefeaae In Aeeh and In from four to
~ weeks caused the milk flow to drop
even lower than in the original state
before the feeding Of pulp was com
menced.
\ Whsre good alfalfa hay and a good
qualify Of grain wash fed, beet pulp
hAd hut little effect upon the dairy
ration. other than to act as rough
IRE. Where no grain was fed and about
90 pounds Of pulp per day fed with good
alfalfa hay, an increase OF approx
raately one fifth In the milk flow was
noticed. In few cases where hay was
scarce, milk COWS we're forced to live
ON beet pulp and wheat straw and in
o,site q few instances produced good
How Of milk.
IN q comparison Of tables compiled
from the records of four herds, each fed
Z different ration, we would expect to
lind the same curve for decrease of yield
hue 10 length of lactation period, and
Tor the increase due to freshening OF
some OF the cows. This curve, however,
was found to be about the same for
each group.
To Four Different Herds.
Herd No. was fed only alfalfa hay.
with no grain or succulence of any
kind. In the table we find the same
yield of both milk and butterfat for
an average of the herd. We find each
individual COW slowly goes down In her
production as the lactation period in
creases. the average for eight COWS for
November being $50 lbs. milk contain
ing EOS lbs fat, with the following April
showing an average for the same cows
OF 645 lbs. milk containing 2s.2 lbs. fat.
In herd No. ., where alfalfa alone
was fed the first month, we find the av-
erage for that month was low. The sec
Ond month when 80 lbs. of wet beet pulp
was added to the ration We find
marked increase in both milk and fat
averages. These averages remain high
all Of the time the pulp is being fed, AT
the beginning of the sixth month when
no pulp was fed We find a slight drop
in the yield of both fat and milk. This,
however, Is made up again when the
cows are put on pasture
In herd No. 3, where grain and alf
alta are fed the first month, we find Il
high average. Upon the addition If
pulp to the ration we find slight IN
crease in milk and fat. This high
average is more or less predominant
throughout the whole period. At the
beginning of the sixth moash when
pulp IL dropped and grain and alfalfa
fed we find bat little drop in mill and
only slight drop in fat, Upon pas
tnre we find lower average yet, per
haps due TO the iengthenirg Of iacta-
ton periods. The high. even averages
~ khis herd are especially noticeable.
IN herd No. 4, we find a fairly me
mum average the first month on alfalfa
1i1nesH. Upof. the addition of 20 lbs of
ISlp daily to the ration we find a won
Ia1(N11y marked increase in both milk
n ~ - at. However. the third month
N2yerages are lower than the first,
W. the excessive pulp feeding. T''a
31rth month shows even a much lower
With the same pulp ration. The
4 NTH, with alfalfa as the only
S find . general increase in
fat With general lowering of
On The same food for the sixth
rho seventh month on pasture
Fl 51pondsrful Improvement and is
average Of any month This
4 vle " that alfalfa alone is
- (1naSnt food and that 10 lbs.
~ zip Is TOO much.
= S5eetisns 10 eset Pulp.
b. " q oc4lons "a tha ee.Nng Of
Az: The difficulty in
I'm frost. a. frozen pulp
014 In most cases IL not