8 STA'i'B AGRICULTURAL C6tU3Glb 
pound of gain was reduced to ii;§9 pounds, th<* steers requiring* 
32.83 pounds of beet pulp to replace 16.4 pounds of hay in produc¬ 
ing a pound of gain. In other words 3.22 pounds of beet pulp 
wheii fed to steers in combination with alfalfa hay are equivalent 
to one pound of hay in feeding value, when the hay is fed as the 
entire ration. With alfalfa hay selling at $5 per ton, beet pulp is 
therefore worth 1.59 cents per ton to combine with alfalfa in the 
production of beef. 
By adding ground corn to the ration of alfalfa hay in the case 
of Lot II, it will be seen that 3.76 lbs. of ground Corn when added 
to the ration of alfalfa hay resulted in deducing the amount of hay 
tequired for one pound of gain from 28.29 lbs. to 17.78 lbs., the 
steers in this lot requiring 3.76 lbs. of ground corn to replace 10.5! 
lbs* of hay in producing a pound of gain. In this case 3.76 lbs. of 
Corn was equivalent to 10.51 lbs. of hay-, of one pound of corn was 
equal in feeding to 2.8 lbs. of hay when fed ill conjunction with a 
ration of alfalfa hay in fattening steers. With alfalfa hay selling 
at $5 per ton, ground corn, according to the results of this trial, 
should be worth at least $17.85 per ton, which indicates that corn 
at 85 cents per hundred could be fed with practically equal profit 
with alfalfa hay at $5 per ton. 
In Lot I, where both ground corn and beet pulp was added to 
the hay ration, it will be seen that the amount of hay required for 
a pound of gain was reduced to 7.59 lbs., this reduction being ac¬ 
complished by the use of 35.45 lbs. of pulp and 2.51 lbs. of ground 
corn. We have seen from the comparison of nutrient values in 
pulp and hay, in the case of Lots III and IV, that one pound of hay 
was equivalent to 3.22 lbs. of pulp, and from the data in the case of 
Lots II and III, that one pound of corn was equivalent to 2.8 lbs. of 
alfalfa hay, consequently by reducing the amounts of pulp and corn, 
fed in conjunction with hay to the steers in Lot I, to their equiva¬ 
lent in hay, we should find, other things being equal, that this, 
gether with the hay fed to Lot 1, should equal the amount uf fety 
required by the steers in Lot IV for the production of a pound of gain. 
It has been shown that 3.22 pounds of pulp equaled one pound 
hay; therefore 35.45 pounds of pulp is equal to o pounds, of bay-.. 
We have also seen that one pound of corn is equal to 2.8 pounds oft 
hay, therefore 2.51 pounds of corn is equal to 7.03 pounds of hay: 
The steers in Lot I therefore had the equivalent of n pounds of; 
hay in the pulp fed them, and the equivalent of 7.03 pounds of hay- 
in the corn fed, which, together with the amount of hay actually 
fed, amounting to 7.59 pounds, makes a total of 25.62 pounds of 
hay required for one pound of live weight gain. Since the steers 
in Lot I required 28:29 pounds of hay for one pound of gain, we 
therefore have a balance of 2.67 pounds of hay or 9.43 per cent, as the 
amount saved by feeding steers a combination of feeds rather than 
one kind singly. 
