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BULLETIN 73 . 
SUMMARY. 
Five cows fed 24 pounds of beet pulp for six weeks, in 
addition to grain and hay, made an average gain per week 
of 6.2 pounds. The same cows fed 12 pounds of beets per 
day for five weeks made an average gain per week of one- 
fifth pound. 
Five cows on the pulp ration gave an average weekly 
milk yield of 131.1 pounds, and on the beet ration they gave 
an average weekly milk yield of 127.4 pounds. 
F ive cows on the pulp ration gave an average weekly 
butter yield of 6.76 pounds, and on the beet ration an aver¬ 
age weekly butter yield of 6.90 pounds. The milk contained 
a little more butter fat when the cows were fed sugar beets. 
A little more than three times as much profit resulted 
from feeding 24 pounds of pulp per day than was realized 
from 12 pounds of beets per day, at one dollar and four dol¬ 
lars per ton respectively. 
The total profits indicated a feeding value of the pulp 
for butter production of $2.61 per ton, and of the beets of 
$5.06 per ton when fed in small amounts, and when butter is 
worth 20 cents per pound. 
