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< »n Lots I ami II do deleterious results are mentioned in either 
i»u\ ers' or pack fix" reports. < >n Lot III the buyer reported '■> "select" 
and l ■■ fat," and the packers 1 report was oof so favorable to this lot 
as to Lots I and II. < >n Lot I V the buyer reported all "select;" there 
was no packer's report on carcasses of this lot. 
In this experiment the pigs on forage beets made the greatest aver- 
age daily gains and required the Least feed for LOO pounds gain, the 
<»ilicr Lots standing in tin' order <>!* sugar beets, mangels, and turnips. 
Tin' results arc remarkably low in iv<m| requirements and would seem 
Lo >ln>\\ that roots and milk may be more advantageously combined 
than pas! are and milk. 
Daj at Guelph and Shutt at Ottawa have found that the effect of 
roots on the carcass is not detrimental, but produces a firm bacon of 
good quality— a very essentia] matter to Canadian pig feeders. In 
this experiment neither buyers nor packers criticised adversely the 
fed on turnips and mangels, and the carcasses of the sugar-beet 
pigs were all "select" (there was no packer's report on this Lot); but 
the buyer found onecarcass too fat in the Lot fed on forage beets, and 
the packer's report was not so favorable as on the others. 
Sugar beets alone. — At the Colorado Station, Buffum and Griffith* 
U'(\ \ pigs on sugar beets alone. There was some difficulty at first in 
inducing the pigs to eat beets, but after they bad become accustomed 
to such a diet they took to it readily. At no t ime were i he pigs able to 
eat beets enough to approach the conventional feeding standards; 
12.50 pounds daily was the greatest amount they would take. Pora 
brief period at the close (two weeks) forage beets were fed, the sup- 
ply of sugar beets giving out. The results were as follows: 
Average weight at beginning .pounds 100 
Total gain do 67 
Days fed 99 
Average daily gain pound .17 
Average amount of feed eaten do 1,027 
Feed per 100 pounds gain do 6,130 
Cost per 100 ponnds gain dollars 12.80 
rage profit with pork at ? cents per pound cent . L8 
Dressedweight percent 7? 
Sugar beets alone are thus seen to be only a very expensive main- 
tenance rat ion. 
.1 comparison of sugar-beet pulp and sugar beets. — In Colorado, 
Buffum and Griffith fed one Lot of pigs on a ration of sugar-beet pulp 
and equal parts of wheat and barley; another on the same ration, 
except that sugar beets were fed instead of pulp; the results with a 
third lot, on equal parts of wheat and barley, are compiled in the 
table below as a check. 
Bui. No. ; i. 
