grain and 378 pounds of hay. Or, if gain in weight is worth 7 cents 
and hay $4, 4852 pounds of beets are worth |3.70 more than 508 
^)Ounds of grain. At $15 per ton for grain, the beets would be worth 
83.10 per ton, or 4.8 pounds of beets are worth as much as one pound 
of grain. 
A comparison can be made between pens 1 and 4. Pen 17o. 1 ate 
508 pounds more of grain and pen 'No. 4, 882 pounds more of beets, 
100 pounds more of hay, and gained 25 pounds less. With hay and 
^ beets at 84 per ton each, leaves |14.60 per ton for the extra grain. 
The results for moderate feeding, therefore, are that beets alone 
as compared with grain alone give 83.10 per ton for the beets. The 
addition of beets to the grain ration yields only 82.60 per ton for the 
beets, and the addition of grain to the beet rations gives 814.60 per ton 
for the grain. 
As between corn and wheat during this part of the test, there is 
but little difference. The wheat makes 18 pounds of growth at an 
expense of 325 pounds more of hay. 
Put on the basis of digestible matter, the record stands as follows: 
Digestible Pounds of digestible matter 
matter eaten. Gain. to one pound of gain. 
Pen 1 , 2689 356 7 p; 
Pen 2, 2374 298 iq 
Pen 3, 2212 280 7 'q 
Pen 4, 2500 • 331 7.5 
This shows the substantial equivalence in nutritive value of the 
digestible material of the several rations. 
Full feeding commenced February 7th, and the gain in live weight 
correspondingly increased. The grain was increased two weeks 
earlier than the beets and during this time the grain pens gained 
much more rapidly than the others, but after the beets were also in¬ 
creased the gains were not much different. 
EECORD FEBRUARY 7 TO MARCH 20. 
Hay. 
1 Wheat. 
Pen 1 , 
' 1940 
420 
Pen 2 , 
2230 
755 
Pen 3, 
2098 
Pen 4, 
1360 
Corn. 
■ Beets. 
Gain. 
4180 
305 
755 
342 
295 
4940 
276 
Figured in the same way as the last, the beets return 81.76 per 
ton compared with the grain, i. e., pen No. 4 as compared with the 
average of pens Nos. 2 and 3. They give only 85 cents per ton when 
added to the grain, and the grain gives 811.40 per ton when added to 
the beets. If these comparisons are made with the pen that 
had wheat alone, they are still less favorable to the beets. 
yr: For the last four weeks when both grain and beets were at full 
feed, the record stands as follows: 
RECORD FEBRUARY 
Hay. 
Wheat. 
Pen 1 , 
918 
290 
Pen 2 , 
1252 
560 
Pen 3, 
1216 
Pen 4, 
700 
19 TO MARCH 20. 
Corn, Beets. Gain. 
3140 194 
194 
560 174 
181 
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