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from eleven and one-half pounds of alfalfa and 

 thirty-one and one-half pounds of pulp at a cost 

 of two and eight-tenths cents. Tests in Utah 

 showed that those steers which received pulp 

 and alfalfa made the smallest daily gains, but 

 yielded the largest profits. 



ANIMAL FEEDS 



It is a well-known fact, which has been demon- 

 strated by numerous feeding experiments, that 

 animals which are naturally herbivorous may be 

 taught to eat considerable portions of animal 

 feed and show profitable returns from such ma- 

 terial. Thus, dried blood may be added to the 

 grain ration, gradually increasing the ration from 

 a few ounces to one and one-half pounds daily 

 toward the end of the feeding period. Blood 

 meal when used at the rate of one and one-half 

 pounds per day showed an increased cost of gain, 

 bone meal is readily digested by cattle. It is 

 a frequently observed fact that cattle are fond 

 of bones and they attempt to eat them when found 

 lying on the ground. The feeding value of all 

 kinds of animal foods for all kinds of stock which 

 relish them and digest them readily is very high. 



Molasses. Molasses, sugar and syrup have 

 been largely fed to steers, as well as to horses, and 

 for similar purposes. Thus, in Utah it has been 

 found that molasses fed in rations of four pounds 

 a day with eight pounds of corn and sugar beet pulp 

 ad libitum showed a feeding value of $2.35 per 

 ton. In subsequent experiments steers were fed 

 medium-sized rations of bran and shorts with 

 the addition of eight pounds of molasses per day 

 and alfalfa hay. The feeding value of molasses 



