FEED REQUIRED FOR GAINS 
Corn : 
Corn and alfalfa at the present time Constitute the basal 
lamb fattening ration in Colorado. Figures on the value of 
other feeds used in the test are secured in a comparison with 
this ration. 
Beet Molasses: 
0n6 hundrGd pounds of boot molassGS roplacod 104.7 
pounds of corn and 26.2 pounds of alfalfa. Fed in limited 
quantities with corn and alfalfa the beet molasses proved 
more than equal to corn pound for pound in putting on gains. 
Barley : 
Where barley was fed with molasses and alfalfa, the 
lambs required approximately 10.7 per cent more grain, 10.6 
per cent more molasses, and 11.2 per cent more alfalfa to 
make the same gain as those on the corn, molasses and alfalfa 
combination. 
Oats: 
The lambs fed oats required 7.7 per cent more grain, 7.6 
per cent more molasses, and 11.3 p.er cent more hay per 100 
pounds gain than lambs in the similarly fed corn lot. 
Dried-Molasses-Beet-Pulp : 
The combinations fed in the three lots receiving dried- 
molasses-beet-pulp were planned to throw some light hn the 
value of this feed, when fed as a “lone” carbohydrate and also 
when mixed in different proportions with corn. 
When the dried-molasses-beet-pulp was fed alone with 
alfalfa, the lambs required 6 per cent more dried pulp and 
4.3 per cent more alfalfa to put on the same gains secured by 
corn and alfalfa. Where one-third of the grain mixture was 
dried pulp, 100 pounds of the pulp saved 104.4 pounds of 
corn, but the lambs ate 41.3 pounds more alfalfa. When 
dried-molasses-beet-pulp was fed, mixed in equal proportion 
with corn, 100 pounds of the dried pulp replaced 109.7 pounds 
of corn and 25.4 pounds alfalfa. 
Wet Beet Pulp: 
One ton of wet pulp replaced 222.1 pounds of coin and 
208.0 pounds of alfalfa in putting on gains. 
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