SWINE FEEDING IN COLORADO. 
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months of age. Their average weight was close to 100 
pounds at the time they were put on the experiment. It 
was necessary to pay 6 cents a pound which was too high a 
price for pigs of their weight and breeding. 
PULP FED. 
The pulp fed was obtained from the Loveland factory 
of the Great Western Beet Sugar company, whose manager, 
Mr. A. V. Officer, courteously supplied us a carload for ex¬ 
perimental use. Laid down at the College farm it cost us 
approximately $1.00 per ton. This pulp was piled out on 
the ground about January 1, 1902, and was used as it was 
needed for feeding. The ground on which it was piled had 
good drainage and the moisture from the pulp drained 
away as it seeped out, Thus, in a few days time, the pulp 
was in nice condition, comparatively dry, and was preserved 
in an unfermented condition much better than some other 
piles of pulp which we had placed where the moisture did 
not drain away. 
BEETS FED. 
The sugar beets used in this experiment were grown 
upon the College farm, put in a root cellar after digging, 
and taken out as there was need of them. During the lat¬ 
ter days of the experiment, the supply of sugar beets was 
exhausted and a stock beet was substituted in their stead. 
They were fed stock beets only about two weeks, the time 
being so short the final result was probably not changed by 
the substitution. The beets fed were figured at $4 per ton. 
This would be equal to from $4.50 to $5 per ton for beets de¬ 
livered at the factory; first because of the expense of haul¬ 
ing or shipping them to the factory, and second the work 
and expense of trimming the beets, which would amount to 
at least 50c per ton. 
GRAIN FED. 
The wheat and barley fed were also grown upon the 
College farm. The wheat was of the common Defiance 
variety and was grown in a field producing 34 bushels per 
acre. The barley fed was of the common hulled variety 
and was grown in a field which produced 25 bushels per acre. 
Together they were rated at $1 per hundred pounds, which 
we think is not too low an estimate to put upon these grains, 
as there was considerable time during the late fall when 
either wheat or barley could have been purchased below 
that mark. 
