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load. This year we figure 30 per cent, corn in the fodder 

 which would make from 6 to 8 Ibs. of corn to the steer per day, 

 besides all the pulp he could eat. We got some of the yards up 

 to 60 Ibs., but they eat from 40-50 Ibs. to the head per day. 

 So I believe the cattle, which are on from 810 Ibs. of grain, a 

 fill on beet tops once a day, and all the pulp they can eat, will 

 make a better gain than on a full feed of grain alone. By the 

 time our beet tops were used up we had the cattle, as you are 

 aware, up to a fair grain ration of about 10 Ibs., besides what 

 was in the fodder. As soon as we stopped feeding pulp we were 

 compelled to feed each yard of 300 cattle from 30 to 50 cwt. of 

 cut fodder more than they had been getting, and still with this 

 increase the cattle did not look nearly so well. I am of the 

 opinion that cattle, say on a 15 Ib. ration of grain and 40 Ibs. of 

 pulp, will make a better gain than cattle on a 25 Ib. ration of 

 grain without any pulp; the only trouble that exists is that cold 

 weather stops feeding outside. If one could have cattle ready 

 to feed as soon as the pulp could be obtained, say September 

 15th to December 15th, this would give three months of good 

 weather, and with the proper care, if one wanted to crowd either 

 cattle or sheep, they would be in pretty good shape for a grain 

 finish by that time. I believe one gets better results, or at least 

 is able to see the results better, on older cattle than on younger. 

 There were a number of milch cows on the place being fed on 

 pulp and straw, without any grain whatever, and they kept up 

 a good flow of milk and also gained in flesh. 



"I believe pulp fed with corn fodder, straw or other dry 

 foods creates better digestion, and animals are consequently 

 able to get more good out of each product. Making a rough 

 estimate I should say that where a person has stock, beet tops 

 are worth from 85.00 to 88.00 per acre. With grain the price 

 it is this year, I would value pulp at 84.00 per ton." 



The Ames factory can slice about 500 tons of beets per diem; 

 there remains consequently over 200 tons residuum pulp. The 

 fact is the factory was the outcome of cattle feeding, and one of 

 the main objects in view was the securing of the requisite pulp 

 for the stock yards, while the reverse was the case of the 

 Oxnard Co. 

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