feeding steers on beet pulp, alfalfa hay and corn. 7 
would be more likely to have a greater relish for their food at all 
times. 
It will be observed that the steers in Lot I that received a 
mixed ration composed of pulp, alfalfa hay and ground corn made an 
average weekly gain of 19 lbs. during the experiment, or an aver¬ 
age daily gain for each steer of 2.7 lbs. The steers in Lot II re¬ 
ceiving alfalfa hay and ground corn, the amount of the latter feed 
being exactly the same as was received by the steers in Lot I, made 
a gain of but 12.6 lbs. per week, or an average daily gain of but 1.8 
lbs., a difference of .9 of a pound in the average daily gain of 
each steer. The steers in Lot III, receiving pulp and alfalfa hay, 
made an average weekly gain of 13.1 lbs., or an average daily gain 
of 1.9 lbs., and received no grain of any kind during the experiment. 
The steers in Lot IV that received nothing but alfalfa during 
the entire experiment made an average weekly gain of 10.5 lbs. 
or an average daily gain on each steer of 1.5 lbs. 
For this experiment, the prices charged for feed were such as 
the average feeder paid in the vicinitv of Fort Collins, viz., alfalfa 
hay, $5.00 per ton; corn, 85 cents per cwt., and beet pulp at 50 
cents per ton. The pulp was received from the sugar factory at a 
cost of 35 cents per ton. As there is much more labor entailed 
in feeding steers on pulp than where alfalfa hay and ground corn 
only are fed, we charged the pulp up to the steers at 50 cents per 
ton, allowing 15 cents per ton above market price for the difference 
in cost of labor in feeding pulp over the cost of labor in feeding hay 
and corn. 
Table V.—Average Amount Feed Required lor One Pound of Gain, 
and Cost of the Same 
Food'Fed. 
Cost. 
Alfalfa. 
Pulp. 
Corn 
Meal. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
cts. 
Lot 1 . 
7.59 
35.45 
2.51 
4.22 
Lot 2. 
17.78 
3.78 
7.63 
Lot 3. 
11.89 
52.83 
4.28 
Lot 4. 
28.29 
7.04 
In table V is given the data showing the amounts of the va¬ 
rious kinds of feed required to produce a pound of live weight gain 
on a rather rough bunch of steers rising three years old. From 
this table it will be seen that in case of Lot IV it required 28.29 
lbs. of alfalfa hay, below the average in quality, to produce one 
pound of gain. With an average lot of good feeding steers, and 
alfalfa hay of good feeding quality, the indications are that one 
pound of gain would be produced for each 25 lbs. of alfalfa hay on 
the average. 
When beet pulp ad. libitum was added to the ration of alfalfa 
hay in the case of Lot III, the amount of the latter required for a 
