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Alfalfa and Beets. —Pen No. 5 ate 6,800 pounds of beets 
more than pen No. 1, and 1,839 pounds less of hay; or, one 
pound of hay for each 3.7 pounds of beets. This is not far 
from the chemical equivalent of the two. But the beets 
made just twice as much gain, on the basis of farm weights 
and 1.8 time as much on Denver weight, showing a decided 
advantage in the beets. 
Alfalfa compared with Grain and Beets. —Pen No. 2 eats 
4,600 pounds of beets, 1,231 pounds of grain, and 76 pounds 
of corn fodder more than pen No. 1, and only 1,854 pounds 
less of hay. Showing that stock take much more total food 
with grain and beets than with hay alone. The gain was 
also more than twice as much on the heavier feed, whether 
counted on the farm or in Denver. 
_ Grain and Beets. —A comparison of pens Nos. 5 and 6 
indicates that a pound of grain can take the place of about 
2.6 pounds of beets. Theoretically, the grain-fed steers 
consumed the more nourishment and they made the larger 
gain on Denver basis and the smaller, judged by their 
weights, at the farm. The average of the two is about even. 
Commercial gains of the two are also about the same. On 
the face of the experiment, the beets and grain have done 
equally well, but the grain-fed steers received a set-back 
from over feeding. Hence, it is hardly safe to say what 
would be the comparison on even terms. 
Beets compared zvith Grain and Beets. —The stock took 
much more food on grain and beets than on beets alone. 
They made a third more gain on the farm and a seventh 
more in Denver. Judged by either standard, extra grain 
fed with the beets did not yield a return equal to its cost. 
Grain compared zvith Grain and Beets. A comparison of 
pens Nos. 2 and 6, seems to show that the total nourish¬ 
ment eaten is about the same. The gains are in favor of 
the grain and beets on the farm, and in favor of the grain 
alone in Denver. Financially, the two gave equal results. 
When it is remembered that the grain was far from its best 
it will be seen that the grain alone was, on the whole, superior 
to the grain and beets. Or in other words, the beets added to 
the grain ration paid less than $3 per ton. It will thus be 
seen that both beets alone and grain alone have given bet¬ 
ter returns than the two when fed together. 
It is particularly to be noted that the pen with beets 
and grain ate no more total nourishment than those on grain 
alone, i. e., the extra beets did not enable more food to be 
taken. But it should also be noted that both grain and 
grain and beets gave more food digested than beets alone. 
