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second period; during the last period the ration should take a 

 new shape. 



As regards the foregoing experiments, silage vs. beets, we 

 would say: If the Ohio station had used beets of a quality culti- 

 vated during 1891-92,* the roots would have averaged 15.5 per 

 cent, dry matter instead of 10 per cent., as admitted in the 

 above feeding experiments. Under these circumstances, about 

 32 Ibs. beets would have given the same result as 50 Ibs. beets 

 such as were used, and it would have been possible to push the 

 daily consumption very much beyond the limit attempted. It 

 is admitted that beets in Ohio would certainly average 11 tons 

 per acre and as their cost of cultivation, including harvesting 

 and siloing, is $44.00, the cost per ton is $4.00 or about 0.2 

 cents per Ib. 



If we admit that corn silage is worth $2.50 per ton, its cost 

 per Ib. is 1.2 cents, consequently 40 Ibs. silage costs 5.2 cents 

 per diem, while sugar beets cost 6.4 cents, or a difference of 1.2 

 cents to produce 3.7 Ibs. of milk. This, in itself, would be a 

 most excellent investment. These contrasts would have been 

 still greater had better beet seed been used. Not only would it 

 have been shown from a milk-and-butter point of view, but also 

 in actual gain in flesh. In Bulletin No. 2, 1892, the following 

 statement is made: "It is possible to produce on an average as 

 many pounds of sugar beets per acre as of mangels; and since 

 the average analysis shows fifty per cent, more dry matter, the 

 conclusion reached is, that one ton of average sugar beets is 

 worth as much for feeding purposes as 1-J- tons of average 

 mangel-wurzel." 



The comparison between corn silage and sugar beets was 



further made by a new series of investigations during 1890. f 



Comparison be- Very important experiments have been made under the 



tween potatoes aus pi ces o f the Iowa experiment station J with a view to 



e s * determining the comparative value of sugar beets and potatoes in 



* Bulletin, No. 2, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 1892. 

 f Bulletin, No. 5, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, 1890. 

 J Bulletin No. 17, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 1892. 



