THE NEW EARTH 



on a full ration of grain, cost $4.93; the same 

 increase in weight on another lot on a full 

 ration of corn, grain and pulp, cost $3.98, 

 nearly a dollar less. Thousands of sheep and 

 steers have been fed at one sugar factory in 

 Utah on the pulp, which provided a profitable 

 food. 



In Illinois, where nearly or quite four thou- 

 sand farmers are extensively engaged in beef 

 production, from 200,000 to 300,000 cattle are 

 marketed each year. It is shown that by tak- 

 ing advantage of the more improved methods 

 of feeding stock, based upon a scientific knowl- 

 edge of foods and food values, an addition in 

 value of considerably over one dollar per head 

 can be effected, resulting in a net annual gain 

 in this state alone of over two million five 

 hundred thousand dollars. As an illustration 

 of the thoroughness of the investigations car- 

 ried on in this line under the stimulus of the 

 activities of the New Earth, it may be noted 

 that the Illinois Station undertook to find out 

 just what the farmers were doing in this and 

 adjoining states in the way of producing beef. 

 A list of one hundred questions, covering every 

 department of animal husbandry as it applies 



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