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Show HHJ BEET PULP AS A HHJ DAIRY FOOD j No modern dalrjmnn needs to bo J told that his cowg must hao succu- HHJ lento It they nro to do their beat HHJ In milk production. It fresh pasture HHJ Is tho Ideal food for dairy cattle and HHJ they glvo more milk and better milk I HHJ (luring that part of tbo year when HH they nro getting their fill of green I HH pasture, then n winter or dry sea- HH j son feed that comes as near as pos- HH , siblo to supplying tho samo elements HH '3 ccrtnlrl'' necessary. HH Tho Introduction or dried beet pulp HH 'lns so'vcd tl'o problem of providing HH an nil tho year succulent feed. It has HH ' 1)CC" established by careful testa that HH ("10 ton ot ,lrlt'(1 ,l00t pu'n conta'ns HH ns IM,lc'1 or moro nutriment than Ave HH tons ot good corn silage, with ociual HHM or greater succulenco. Ilcforo the HHl ' ndvont of dried beet pulp It was nee- HH cssary for tho herds to bo closo to HH n beet sugar factory Inasmuch as HH I tho great amount ot molsturo 'which HH tho wet pulp contains rondors It lm- HHJ 'i ' practicable to haul It long distances HH either by wagon or rail. With tho HH modern method of drying tho pulp, HH '' maY 1)0 shipped to dairymen HH j wherever thoy nro located. It Is gen- HHM i orally sold by tho ton or by tho car HHj load In sacks liko bran, ono ou of i HH dried pulp representing twenty tons HHj of frosh or wot pulp. HH i Drlod boot pulp Is particularly nn- HHJ predated by farmors and owners of HHj email dairy herds, owing to tho fact HHj that It does not require largj stur- HHJ flKO space It has a unliiuo valuo In HHj sections where alfalfa Is plentiful n.vl HHJ cheap, becauso It Is Just what lb HHJ needed with alfalfa to mako n good HHJ ' balanced ration. In proper propor- HHM tlona these two feeds provM? all the Hi nutrltlvo elements required for n bal- HHJ I nnccd ration whith Is absolutely es- HHJ scntlal in properly feeding all farm HHJ ! stock nnd tho boot pulp supplies tho SLLH succulent In addition, for when dried pulp Is soaked for n short tlmo it will tako U) from six to eight times ppa its weight In molsturo. HHJ Many tests havo been mado regard- HHj lg tho effect:) of beet p"lp feeding HHJ on milk production and It has been I HHJ found that tho milk flow Increased ' HHJ from IS to 20 per cent whonovor boot HHJ pulp was fed. While dried beet pulp HHJ i is preeminently a. food for dairy cat- HHJ l tlo, it Is scarcely less useful tor oth- HHJ er (aim llvo |