Show CATTLE AND SUGAR S now that the sugar factory at lehi lebi to again in operation there is ia available for owners of animals a large quantity of beet pulp for feeding this refuse of the factory Is ia by no do means wholly waste matter on the contrary it to is valuable lor for fattening cattle and as aa to it to is purchasable at a low price its feeding it 16 profitable SOMO some of those who fed the beet pulp lost last year and who made careful observations of the result say BAY that this was surprising in its beneficial nature the tests made in feeding several thousand head of cattle at island nob neb also provid proved so satis fac tory soly that there Is in now no difficulty in disPO disposing of the pulp to cattle owners near the factory of course the advantage of this particular olaes class of food to is confined at present to those in the locality of the ugar sugar works as it would not pay to ship highe the pulp soy any great distance even if there were sufficient produced to supply an extensive demand but the fact of the value of the pulp as aa food is congestive cogg estive of the idea that the he beet itself is of still greater value theoretically cally those who know adow the various elements composing the sugar best beet bay ay that in connection with some of the common grasses it combines to make food of a very high order for animals as an it possesses special flesh making qualities acting upon this theory theo in con with the lavo rable demonstrations of the practical work already referred to the state of colorado is now making some interesting tests ten acres of beets averaging twenty five to thirty tons to the acre supply this of the food material that is to be used for fifty two steers the latter are to be fed on lubern and sugar beets and are to be placed en cn the beef market in february after four months fee dlug both lucern and beets are to be weighed out regularly and the feeding is to be carried out on a strictly scientific basis so that by actual experience the specific re suits alts may be ascertained the program decided on is to give each animal five pounds of sugar beets per day and tall all the lubern it can sat eat right along the are to be increased to twenty five ave p any by the close of the sea oD whon it is expected that the ty of hay bay consumed cona umed will be small smail the gradual process icess ol 01 0 lepoire ache e vaar m ad toil that th at to change suddenly enly to td a beet diet from that to which the animals have been accustomed might prove injurious if this experiment with the sugar beet itself should confirm the estimate already made of the nutritive qualities ot of the root rook its detail will be of a most interesting character to farmers farmere in this territory there would be found not only an advantage in ia the cultivation of guitar beets for food feed but such cultivation would pave the way for the raising of beets beeta for fur ther augar manufacture especially in those districts not dot covered by the requirements require mento of the present factory out which in the course of events will need deed such an institution in the meantime utah feeders of sugar beet pulp would confer a favor by carefully noting and giving to the public the precise results of the procedure while ibe outcome of any of the beets beeta direct would be both interesting and valuable as aa a matter of instruction it ic is ia an item af some iome importance to know whether it is ia profitable to raise sugar augar beets beeta lor or any other purpose than sugar augar manufacture and it if the inquiry van can ua oe decisively ans answerer in the affirmative and that purpose be to be the latt battening ening of animals animal for the tood rood market then another and very important Import aus industrial problem in this territory will have won partially partial lj a 8 ived at least abut of facilitating the production prod action of good wants and of cheap ening its ite cost |