45 
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 
pounds of grain. At $15 per ton for grain, the beets would be worth 
$3.10 per ton, or 4.8 pounds of beets are worth as much as one pound 
of grain. 1 
A comparison can be made between pens 1 and 4. Pen No. 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 $4 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 $3.10 per ton for the beets. The 
addition of beets to the grain ration yields only $2.60 per ton for the 
beets, and the addition of grain to the beet rations gives $14.60 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 orowth at an 
expense of 325 pounds more of hay. 
Put on the basis of digestible matter, the record stands as follows: 
Pen 1, 
Pen 2, 
Pen 3, 
Pen 4, 
Digestible 
matter eaten. 
Gain. 
2689 
356 
2374 
298 
2212 
280 
2500 
331 
Pounds of digestible matter 
to one pound of gain. 
7.5 
7.9 
7.9 
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 cained 
much more rapidly than the others, but after the beets were also in¬ 
creased the gains were not much different. 
RECORD FEBRUARY 7 TO MARCH 20. 
Hay. 
i Wheat. 
Pen 1, 
1940 
420 
Pen 2, 
2230 
755 
Pen 3, 
2098 
Pen 4, 
1360 
Corn. 
755 
Beets. 
4180 
4940 
Gain. 
305 
342 
295 
276 
Figured in the same way as the last, the beets return $1.76 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 $11.40 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. 
For the last four weeks when both grain and beets were at full 
feed, the record stands as follows: 
RECORD FEBRUARY 19 TO MARCH 20. 
Pen 1, 
Hay. 
918 
Pen 2, 
1252 
Pen 3, 
1216 
Pen 4, 
700 
Wheat. Corn. 
290 
560 
560 
Beets. Gain. 
3140 194 
194 
174 
Rl 
3640 
