BEET BY-PRODUCTS FOR 
FATTENING LAMBS 
^ E. J. Maynard, Specialist in Animal Investigations 
CONCLUSIONS 
! Beet Molasses becomes more valuable in the lamb fatten- 
ing ration as the cost of corn increases. In the trial it de- 
^ creased the feed cost 11 cents per head but increased the 
labor cost two cents per head, increased the shrink 0.5 per 
cent and decreased the selling price 10 cents per hundred. 
. Beet molasses fed in this test with corn and alfalfa decreased 
; the loss 4 cents per lamb. 
' Barley and Oats, which sold at higher prices per hundred 
than corn, did not prove to be as efficient as corn when fed 
j with molasses and alfalfa. 
■ Dried-Molasses-Beet-Pulp although not equal to corn, 
I when fed alone with alfalfa, showed very favorable results 
I when mixed half and half with corn. This mixture when 
compared to straight corn apparently shows the dried pulp 
more than equal to corn pound for pound in putting on gains. 
The dried pulp decreased the cost of feed 21 cents per head, 
and although it increased the shrink 1.5 per cent, at the same 
f time it increased the selling price of the lambs 25 cents per 
hundred and decreased the loss per head 43 cents. A mixture 
of equal parts dried pulp and corn proved more economical 
than a combination consisting of 2-3 corn and 1-3 dried pulp. 
j Wet Beet Pulp: 
The wet pulp fed lambs made the heaviest gains and at 
' the cheapest feed cost. Their selling price was 10 cents per 
hundred below the check lot and 35 cents below the corn and 
( dried pulp lots, so that with their heavier labor cost they lost 
^ 18 cents more per head than did the favorably fed corn and 
dried pulp lot. It is possible that the greater size of the wet 
pulp lambs was in part responsible for the lower selling price, 
they- being heavier lambs. Had they been marketed earlier, 
it is probable that they would have commanded the top price 
in which case they would have been the most economically 
fed lot. The advantages of wet pulp depend largely on 
1 length of haul from factory and labor cost. 
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