FEEDING BEET PULP AND SUGAR BEETS TO COWS. I 3 
the fourth and fifth weeks beets were given instead of pulp; 
the sixth and seventh weeks pulp was fed; the eighth and 
ninth weeks, beets, and the tenth and eleventh weeks, pulp. 
The cows were all fed the same amount of hay and grain 
daily throughout the experiment. The grain was equal parts 
of corn chop and wheat chop. 
There was a slight variation the first week in the amount 
of grain fed, as the cows were given four pounds of grain per 
day the first two days, at the end of which time it was in¬ 
creased to eight pounds per day. The first week each cow 
ate 14.3 pounds of alfalfa per day, and for the remaining 
time they ate 20 pounds per day. The sugar beets eaten 
amounted to eight pounds per day during the first week, and 
twelve pounds per day during the subsequent alternate 
periods of two weeks each. They ate 24 pounds of pulp 
daily when given the pulp ration. The rations were as 
follows: 
BEET RATION. 
Corn chop, 4 pounds. 
Wheat chop, 4 pounds. 
Alfalfa hay, 20 pounds. 
Sugar beets, 12 pounds. 
PULP RATION. 
Corn chop, 4 pounds. 
Wheat chop, 4 pounds. 
Alfalfa hay, 20 pounds. 
Beet pulp, 24 pounds. 
It is interesting to note how nearly the above rations 
correspond in digestible nutrients with the theoretical stand¬ 
ard for a thousand pound dairy cow giving 22 pounds of milk 
daily. 
Standard 
Dry 
Matter. 
29 
Protein. 
2.50 
Carbo¬ 
hydrates. 
13.0 
Ether 
Extract 
0.5 
Ratio. 
1:5.7 
Our Beet 
Ration 
27.1 
3.05 
14.6 
0.5 
1:5.1 
Our Pulp 
Ration 
27.8 
2.99 
14.2 
0.48 
1:5.1 
RESULTS OF 
THE FEEDING TRIALS. 
Tables I to X give the individual records of each of the 
cows which were fed either beets or pulp for two or more 
weeks, and Fables XI and XII give in condensed form the 
records of the five cows which were fed beets one week and 
pulp two weeks. The minus sign before numbers in columns 
headed "‘gain’ means a loss of weight for the time indicated. 
