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carbohydrate bodies are partially digested or not seems to make but little differ- 

 ence, if any, in the total per cent of digestible matter. It is certain, however, 

 that the feed showing the higher content of soluble carbohydrates would furnish 

 more available energy to the animal. It is surely certain that such feed must 

 be utilized at less cost to the animal system. On the whole the analysis seems 

 to indicate a slightly higher value for the dried molasses-beet-pulp. It would 

 be difficult to express this difference in actual money values, but the fact that 

 all or nearly all of the differences are in i-eality but slight ones would not justify 

 the giving of a very much greater value to molasses-beet-pulp." 



SLAUGHTER TEST BY .\RirOUR & CO. 



Armour & Co., in submitting the figures, state: "The yield (dressed weight) 

 is figured on the basis of 3% cooler shrink and the tallow is not considered in 

 this weight, the figures given being net." 



Only seventeen lambs from each lot were placed upon the market, one average 

 individual from each pen being slaughtered at home in order to secure illustra- 

 tions from the carcasses and cuts. These lambs sold on the market at $6.10 per 

 cwt., $6.15 being the top price for the day. The day before shipment, the ninety 

 lambs averaged 99.8 lbs. Eighty-five of these were sold on the market at 92.2 

 lbs. There was a large shrinkage, due, in part, to the twenty-four hours or more 

 in transit. The ninety lambs netted a profit of §106.65, or $1.18 per head, after 

 accounting for feed and every expense except cost of feeding, which is commonly 

 offset by the value of the manure produced. 



AMOUNT OF WOOL CLIPPED FKO-AI THE VAKIOUS LOTS OX APRIL 16, 1904. 



The shearing was done by machine, by one individual, resulting in uniformity 

 in the work done. 



Lot I. 18 lambf! 



Lot II. 18 lambs 



Lot III. 18 lambs 



Lot IV. 18 lambs 



Lot V. IS lambs. 



AVeight 

 of wool. 

 Pounds. 



109.5 

 115.0 

 121.5 

 •117.25 

 128.0 



Average 

 weight of 



fleece. 

 Pounds. 



6.08 

 6 . 38 

 (■) . 75 

 6.51 

 7.11 



The concentrates of ration I contained no pulp, those of Lot II were one-half 

 pulp. Lot III four-sevenths pulp, and Lots IV and V three-fourths pulp. With 

 the exception of Lot IV, the production of wool increased with the increase in 

 the amount of pulp consumed. There were, however, other variations in addition 

 to the relative amounts of pulp consumed. Lot I contained corn 4 parts, bran 2 

 and linseed meal 1. while Lot II contained corn 4 parts, bran 2, linseed meal 1, 

 and dried beet pulp 7; the ration of Lot III, though consisting of four-sevenths 

 pulp, contained no corn. The dried beet pulp of ration V contained more true 

 protein than the dried molasses-beet-pulp of IV. Of course such influences as 



