364 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



lu a similar test made with G lots of 15 sheep each the gains ranged from 

 0.2 lb. per head per day with the lots receiving, respectively, alfalfa and beet 

 pulp ad libitum with and without 0.."> lb. of grain per head per day to 0.31 lb. 

 per head per day with the lot receiving alfalfa and beet pulp ad libitum with 



1 lb. of grain. Gain was most expensive with the last-mentioned lot, costing 

 5.15 cts., and was cheapest, 3.18 cts., with the lot fed alfalfa and a half ration 

 of beet pulp. 



AVhen sugar beets were added to alfalfa and grain a lot of 4 steers made an 

 average daily gain of 1.56 lbs. per head in a test covering 100 days, while 5 

 steers fed a similar ration without sugar beets gained 1.13 lbs. The cost of a* 

 pound of gain in the 2 cases was 9.0 and 7.3 cts., respectively. 



When similar rations were tested with sheep the average daily gain with 

 beets was 0.35 lb. per head and without beets 0.22 lb., the period covering 137 

 days. The cost of a pound of gain in the 2 cases was G.9 and 5.7 cts., respec- 

 tively. 



To secure data regarding the effects of beet pulp on the strength of bone a 

 lot of 3 wethers was fed 10 lbs. of pulp per head per day. while a similar lot 

 received no pulp. The strength of a number of the more important bones was 

 determined with a testing machine and in every case it was found that there 

 was a difference in favor of the pulp ration. 



Beet pulp as part of a ration was studied with 2 pairs of worlv horses for 



2 periods of 28 days each, one horse in each team receiving pulp and the rations 

 being reversed during the second period. An average loss of 6 lbs. per head 

 was noted on the pulp ration and of 2 lbs. on the ration without pulp. "As 

 high as 20 lbs. of pulp was fed to horses per animal per day without any appar- 

 ent injury. In a ration of alfalfa hay and oats 9 lbs. of well-fermented solid 

 pulp saved 1.5 lbs. oats. . . . The horses took to the pulp reluctantly and their 

 appetite for it gradually decreased." Colts haje been allowed constant access 

 to pulp, according to the author, for several years and in no instance has trouble 

 arisen from it so far as is known. 



In tests of the value of sugar-beet products for pigs it was found that 5 pigs, 

 fed green alfalfa, skim milk, and shorts, with molasses, made an average daily 

 gain of 1.03 lbs. per head in a 58-day feeding period as compared with 0.85 lb. 

 per head per day with a lot of 4 pigs fed a similar ration without molasses. 

 The cost of a pound of gain in the 2 cases was 2.43 and 2.92 cts., respectively. 



In a second test shorts with and without beet pulp, witli sugar beets, and 

 with pulp and molasses were compared in a period covering 48 days. The gains 

 ranged from 1.2 lbs. per head per day on both the shorts and beet pulp and the 

 shoi-ts and sugar-beet rations to 1.73 lbs. on shorts alone, and the cost from 

 2.21 cts. on shorts, pulp, and molasses to 3.71 cts. on shorts and sugar beets. 



When shorts and skim milk with and without beet pulp or sugar beets were 

 studied the smallest gain, 1.07 lbs. per pig per day, was made by the lot fed 

 the skim milk and beet-pulp ration, aud the greatest gain, 1.30 lbs., by the lot 

 fed shorts and skim milk only. The gain was least expensive, costing 3.38 cts. 

 per pound, on shorts, skim milk, and beet pulp, and most expensive, costing 

 3.93 cts. per pound, on shorts, skim milk, and sugar beets. 



When apples as part of a ration were fed to pigs receiving shorts and skim 

 milk the average daily gain per head in 2 tests with apples was l.G lbs. and 

 without apples 1.4 lbs. The calculated value of the apples, according to the 

 author, ranged from nothing to 18 cts. per 100 lbs. 



When apples and shorts were fed in comparison with pasturage and shorts 

 to 2 lots of 3 pigs each they were found to have a feeding value about equal to 

 grass, the average daily gain being 0.59 lb. per pig on the apple ration and 

 0.5G lb. on pastaurage. 



