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The value of whole sugar beet in the nutrition of swine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. E. Woodman ,
A. N. Duckham  and
M. H. French
H. E. Woodman
Affiliation:
(The Institute for the Study of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
A. N. Duckham
Affiliation:
(The Institute for the Study of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
M. H. French
Affiliation:
(The Institute for the Study of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
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Though it is neither customary nor perhaps desirable to utilise sugar beet for feeding purposes, it is conceivable that circumstances might arise occasionally when a farmer would be desirous of feeding the whole or part of his beet crop. This is indicated by the fact that enquiries as to the value of sugar beet for pigs are received from time to time. During the carrying out of the investigation into the value for pigs of dried sugar-beet pulp and molasses-sugar beet pulp, an account of which work is given in this issue of the Journal (1), the opportunity was taken of making a similar study of whole sugar beet. A dual investigation was made, consisting of a digestion trial under the conditions of the metabolism room and a large-scale feeding trial under ordinary farm conditions. It was hoped that the evidence from this twofold line of enquiry would not only settle the question of the value of sugar beet in the feeding of pigs, but also throw light on the subject of the value of root crops in general for swine.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1929 , pp. 669 - 676
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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