SWINE FEEDING IN COLORADO. 29 
6. These experiments indicate that sugar beets may have 
a value of about $1.50 per ton when fed to hogs in com¬ 
bination with grain. 
7. Beet pulp gave a return of $1.50 per ton when fed in 
combination with grain. 
8. Sugar beet pulp served the same purpose in our hog 
rations as did sugar beets and at less expense. 
9. It was necessary to mix beet pulp with grain in order to 
educate the pigs to eat it. We would not recommend 
feeding more than two pounds of pulp to a pound of 
grain in a ration for pigs which are from 100 to 200 
pounds in weight. 
10. Our trials indicate that pigs take some of the nutritive 
property from beets, but their principal use, as well as 
that of pulp, seems to be mechanical. 
11. Dry alfalfa hay as roughage, may be made use of by 
the growing pigs. In our trials the pigs ate more grain 
and made more gain than on a similar grain ration mi¬ 
nus the alfalfa. 
12. Comparing our results with pig feeding experiments in 
other states, indicates that our small grains, more espe¬ 
cially our barley and wheat, are worth more compared 
with corn than similar grains raised under rainfall con¬ 
ditions. 
13. Mixed wheat and barley ground together make a well 
balanced ration for pigs and one upon which they will 
make better growth and gain than they will on a 
ration composed of corn alone. The farmer in Colora¬ 
do cannot ordinarilv afford to sell his home grown grain 
and purchase corn for fattening hogs. Wheat and bar¬ 
ley in equal parts were worth 17 percent more than corn 
fed alone. 
14. If wheat and barley are worth $1.00 per 100 pounds, 
corn is worth only 83.3 cents, but many farmers sold 
their home grown grains for $1.00 to purchase corn at 
$1.30. 
15. There is enough food at home, including grain, alfalfa 
pasture, by-products of dairies and beet sugar facto¬ 
ries, to make swine growing and fattening a profitable 
industry on Colorado farms. 
EXPRESS BOOK PRINT 
FORT COLLINS, COLO 
