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$4.00 per ton compared with pulp at $1.00 per ton when fed 
in this way with grain at one cent per pound. 
The whole discussion indicates that so far as the results 
of this experiment are reliable, pulp at $1.00 per ton, with 
alfalfa at $4.00 per ton, is a much more economical ration 
than beets at $4.00 per ton, with hay at the same price, 
when no grain is given, but that a ration of pulp, alfalfa and 
grain is approximately equal to beets, alfalfa and grain at 
$1.00 and $4.00 per ton respectively. 
Table VI. gives the total amount of food eaten by each 
lot and the gains made. 
AMOUNT AND COST OF FOOD COMPARED WITH GAINS. 
Table VII. gives the amount and cost of food consumed 
for one pound of gain made in each lot, also the average 
percent of dressed weight for the respective lots. 
TABLE VII. 
FOOD EATEN FOR ONE POUND GAIN. 
Food for One Pound Gain 
Cost 
1 lb. 
Gain 
Percent 
Dressed 
Weight 
Alfalfa 
Sugar 
B^ets 
Pulp 
Wheat 
Barley 
Lot I. 
lbs. 
9.14 
lbs. 
lbs. 
19.30 
lbs. 
0.02 
lbs. 
0.02 
cts. 
2.83 
1 
j 45.7 
Lot II.. . 
7.97 
6.90 
1.36 
1.36 
4.65 
48.1 
1 
Lot III . . 
6.28 
...1 
0 52 
0.52 
4.16 
46.6 
Lot IV . 
1 
5.40 
5.35 
1.36 
1.86 
4.87 
46.6 
Comparing Lots I. and II. we find that 9.14 pounds of 
alfalfa; 19.3 pounds of pulp, and .04 pounds of grain in Lot 
I. was equal to 7.97 pounds of alfalfa; 6.9 pounds of pulp 
and 2.72 pounds of grain in Lot II. In Lot III. where sugar 
beets took the place of the pulp in the ration of Lot I. it 
required 6.28 pounds of alfalfa, 9.31 pounds of beets and 
1.04 pounds of grain to produce one pound of gain; or it 
took 9.31 pounds of beets and 1.00 pound of grain in Lot 
III. to replace 19.3 pounds of pulp and 2.86 pounds of al¬ 
falfa in Lot I. 
Lot IV., which had a similar ration to Lot II., except 
that the pulp in Lot II. was replaced with with beets in Lot 
IV. , required 5.4 pounds of alfalfa, 5.35 pounds of beets and 
2.72 pounds of grain for one pound of gain. T. he extra 
