38G 



STATE 130 AKU OF AG 111 CULTURE 



(lining I lie li\(' wrrUs at llic b('^iimin«i of IIk* Icsl. when tliry had uo 

 jtulj), and gained I-IO i»(iuiids in the last live wtM-ks, when (hey had pulp. 



(Ji-oui> three had beets tliioujihont the test. The lour cows ate iu 

 the tiist live weeks li,Sl)t) pounds of suj;ai- beets, 1,(>2L [jounds of hay, 

 l.OSK jKniiids of bran, and 540 pounds of corn. In the second five weeks 

 tiiey ate l',S(M> pounds of sugar beets, l,(;4:j pounds of hay. l.OUi pounds 

 of bran, and 7A1 pounds of corn. Tlieir yield in tlie first liv(* weeks was 

 4,(i:>:{.."{ ixninds of milk and 148.1)5 pounds of fat. In the second live weeks 

 it was :j,()4().l pounds of milk and i:i5.s;j pounds of fat. One cow iu the 

 group gained Ou jKninds in the first period and lost tliree in the second, 

 the other thre cows lost 41) i>ounds in the first period and 11 pounds 

 in tlie second. 



The cows kupt in very thrifty condition wlien fed the pulp, tlie hair 

 was sleek and the bow^els normal. 



Before putting the cows ou this test tliey had received a full ration 

 of corn silage, with sufficient hay and grain to balance tlie ration. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. A. W. Wright, of Alma, the station was 

 allowed to weigh certain steers which were being fed on one of his 

 farms, and to make notes on their behavior during a test to compare 

 rations with jtulp with the same rations without pulp. Fifty steers 

 were used in the test, which began December 10, and continued three 

 months, or until iMarch 12. Thirty steers were fed pulp with hay. 

 shredded fodder and grain, and twenty a similar ration without the pulp. 

 In the jM'riod mentioned the thirty steers made a total gain of 8,880 

 pounds, or 12!).:5:{ i)ouiids per steer, equal to 1.42 pounds per head per 

 day. \\'ithout pulp the twenty steers gained 1,245 ]>ounds, 02.25 pounds 

 ]ier steer, or an average per day per head of .68 pounds. 



The thirty steers fed }>ulp consumed in the period 150,745 ]>ounds 

 .>f pulp, 2.3,270 i)ounds of hay. 6,720 pounds of grain, and 10,680 pounds 

 of shredded fodder. The twenty steers without i)ulp ate 21,015 pounds 

 of hay, 4,480 pounds of grain, and 14,400 pounds of shredded fodder. 

 A comparison of the dail ration per steer is as follows: 



With pulp 



Without pulp. 



Pulp, lbs. 



.54. G 



Hay, lbs. 



8.3 

 11.4 



(irain, 

 lbs. 



2.4 

 2.4 



Shred- 

 ded fod- 

 der, lbs. 



3.8 



7 8 



(;ain, 

 lbs. 



1.4 



.08 



For one hundred pounds of gain the amount of feed required with 

 the two pens of steers would be as shown in the next table. 



