SUCCULENT AND BULKY FEEDS J47 



Results from the Montana experiments would ap- 

 pear to account for those of an unsatisfactory nature 

 from the use of sugar beets in the Indiana trials, in which 

 roots may ha\'e been furnished too abundantly. The 

 net profit per head in the experiments at the Montana 

 station was $2.28 when sugar beets were combined with 

 grain, against $1.80 when grain alone was used. Fur- 

 ther experiments at the Montana station (Bulletin No. 

 T,"/) returned a very striking financial gain from the use 

 of sugar beets, which was reported as follows: "In the 

 spring of 1902 two lots of four pigs each were fed for 

 50 days, one on an exclusive grain ration, the other 

 receiving both grain and sugar beets, with the following 

 results: The four hogs receiving grain made an in- 

 crease of 316 pounds, or 79 pounds each, a daily gain 

 of 1.58 pounds. The cost per pound c^f increase on this 

 lot was 4.6 cents. The four hogs receiving grain and 

 sugar beets made an increase of 328 pounds, or 82 

 pounds each, a daily average of 1.64 pounds. The cost 

 was 3.8 cents per pound. The former lot received a 

 heavy grain ration of 9. 11 pounds each \)Q\- day. The 

 latter consumed 6.65 pounds of grain and 4.58 pounds 

 of sugar beets per head daily. The financial outcome 

 of this test resulted in a net profit of $14.12, or 33 per 

 cent on the investment in 50 days." 



ROOTS AND BACON 



It is evident that roots have a special value in Ameri- 

 can territory outside the corn belt, and in these sections 

 the feeding material availal)le tends to encourage swine 

 raising for bacon production. In the northern and west- 



