.FEEDING STEERS ON BEET PULP, ALFALFA HAY AND CORN. Q 
Table VI.—Showing the Average Weights and Gains. Also the Average Amount of Feed 
Eaten and the Average Cost per Head for 100 Days. 
Average 
Weight 
at Be¬ 
ginning. 
Average 
Weight 
at End. 
Avei*age 
Gain 
Made. 
Food Fed Per Head. 
Cost of 
Feed 
Per 
Head. 
Alfalfa. 
Pulp. 
Corn 
Meal. 
Lot 1. 
951 
1215 
263 
1999 
9343 
662 
$12.95 
Lot 2^... . . 
968 
1114 
176 
3137 
662 
18.43 
Lot 3. 
941 
1125 
184 
2189 
9729 
7.90 
Lot 4. 
968 
1115 
147 
4149 
10.32 
Table VII—Selling Price of Each Lot and Average Weight and Price of 
Each Steer at Denver, 
Lo t 1— 
Lot 2.... 
Lot 3,... 
Lot 4 — 
12 head, 13,890 lbs. at $5.15 
9 head, 10,080 lbs. at $5.15 
3 head, 2,980 lbs. at $4.75 
12 head, 12,600 lbs. at $5.00 
9 head, 9,820 lbs at $4.80 
3 head, 2,930 lbs. at $4.50 
Average 
Weight 
Average 
Price. 
per cwt.... 
$713.29 
1157 
$59.44 
\ $5.06. 
660.83 
1087 
55.06 
630.00 
1049 
51.66 
| $4.72. 
603.07 
1062 
50.25 
In Table VI may be seen the average weight of each steer in 
the different lots at the beginning and close of the experiment, and 
the average amounts of the various kinds of feed eaten per head 
and the cost of the same. This table should prove of value to the 
prospective feeder, since from it by bearing in mind that the figures 
represent an average of 12 steers in each case, and that the time 
covered was just ioo days, it should be an easy matter 
to get a very close estimate of the amount of feed required for a lot 
of steers for any stated period; also the approximate amount of feed 
that will be required. 
In Table VII is given the data gathered from the marketing 
of the steers. They were shipped to Denver and sold on the open 
market to the highest bidder. It is only fair to state here that 
none of the buyers in the yards knew anything of the kinds of feed 
given the different lots. It will be seen that Lots I and II sold for 
the same price with the exception that three steers from Lot II 
were cut back and were valued at 35 cents per hundred less than 
the rest of the lot. All of the steers in Lot III sold for the same 
price, while of those in Lot IV, three were cut 30 cents per hun¬ 
dred. It has been a noteworthy fact through the entire experiment 
that the steers in the pulp fed lots were more uniformly thrifty 
than those that had no pulp. 
