MICHIGAN BKET SUGAR 



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The grain consisted of a inixtiire of eorn and sugar beet seed ground 

 together. No iiionc.v value, therefore, can be placed upon it. The hay 

 was a fair sample of clover or clover and timothy mixed. The shredded 

 f.idder was hardly better than cornstalks and somewhat mouldy. No 

 attemjjt Avas made to crowd the steers as the very small grain ration 

 allowed abundantly testifies. It was ^fr. Wright's desire to carry the 

 steers through the winter as economically as possible to fatten the 

 following summer on grass. 



On the farm of A. M. Todd, at Pearle, Michigan, a similar ex^ieri- 

 ment was carried forward later in the season. In this experiment, as 

 in the other, the steers used were such as could be picked up in the 

 surrounding country, and therefore repi'esented all breeds and combi- 

 nations of breeds. Twenty of these steers were divided into two lots, 

 ten each, similar in condition and apparent feeding ability. 



The pulj) used had been hauled from Holland on cars during December 

 to Pearl station and then on wagons two and one-half miles to the 

 farm, where is was preserved in the silo. The steers had been fed pulp 

 for h'ome time prior to the beginning of the experiment. 



The weights of the steers, gains and the feed consumed are given in 

 the following table: 



Fed pulp 



Without pulp. 



Corn, 

 lbs. 



5,350 

 5,350 



Here was a difference in gain of 2.'^0 pounds in favor of the ten 

 steers receiving pulj). To offset this gain there was the value of the 

 13,775 pounds of pulp and the trouble of handling it. 



After the fourth of ^larch for three weeks the same steers were 

 kept in the same lot and one change made in the feed. Instead of feed- 

 ing both lots alike, the lot receiving no i»ulp was fed all they would 

 oat of the dry feed. The results are given below: 



