Show I r AC UTAH STATE STATI ETL EXTENSION SERVICE E nom ECONOMICS i FARM and HOME HOMEM lt M-m M y r. r I L U U. U S. S Dc of Aerl Utah ULah Stale Slate Agri Aerl r and County Count Cooperating I Dried neat Pulp I I To the farmers of or this Area Dried Beet Pulp has a value and place in the feeding of livestock Morrison Feeds and Feeding tells I us Dried Beet Pulp contains an average average average av av- av- av of 90 percent Protein percent Nitrogen free extract 08 percent fat and percent fiber Though dried beet pulp contains a large amount of or fiber liber for a concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- the fiber is highly digest digest- able and therefore the feed supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies Ibs lbs total nutrients nutrients nutrients nu nu- nu- nu per Ibs which is about as much as oats furnished When dried beet pulp is cheaper than grain It may be substituted economically not over one half of ofa ofa ofa a grain ration for fattening cattle I When thus used beet pulp is equal to ground barley In value per ton and produce good grains Les Los satIsfactory satisfactory sat sat- results are secured when they are arc fed as a substitute for all of the grain ration for fattening cattle Experiments with use of dried beet pulp in lamb feeding experiments experiments experiments ments in Utah and Montana gave results that when one half dried beet pulp and one half haIr ground barley barley barley bar bar- ley were fed it was superior to ground barley when fed alone I Dried Beet Pulp is available to farmers of this Area Area Area- where economy economy economy ec ec- onomy of grain is being stressed we could use much of the pulp in our local rations |