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BULLETIN 75. 
GENERAL SUMMARY. 
Beet pulp is a valuable roughage to feed with alfalfa, and we be¬ 
lieve would be especially valuable to use during the first part of a feed¬ 
ing period. Pulp fed mutton had good flavor, but was not very fat. 
Pulp and alfalfa fed lambs made gains at the least cost per pound, 
and gave us the largest profit last winter. The second best profit was 
from lambs which were fed spelt and alfalfa. The third best combi¬ 
nation of foods used from the profit standpoint was beets and alfalfa with 
a ration of grain the last thirty days, decreasing the amount of beets 
fed at the end of the feeding period. Wheat, barley and alfalfa gave a 
little better profit than alfalfa, beet pulp and grain. The corn ration 
gave the least profit when compared with any of the lambs which were 
fed beets or pulp. 
Beet pulp, which does not cost the feeder more than $1.50 per ton 
at his yards, will giv6 a return sufficiently large to pay for using it in a 
ration, but we would not recommend letting lambs eat so much of it 
during the finishing period that they will not consume good rations of 
hay and grain. 
Sugar beets did not prove to have a high feeding value for lambs. 
It is doubtful if farmers can afford to feed beets to lambs if they can 
sell them to a factory at $4.50 per ton, and the conditions must be favor¬ 
able to make beets give a return sufficiently large to pay for raising 
them. Two pounds of sugar beets were equal to about one pound of 
pulp. 
Sugar beets and poor kinds of roughage cannot be made to take the 
place of alfalfa hay. 
These trials showed that at the same price corn had a feeding 
value greater than a mixture of wheat, barley and oats, or wheat and 
barley, or barley alone. 
Our single trial with Russian spelt showed it to have a feeding 
value at least equal to corn, and greater than wheat and barley. 
Shropshire grade lambs made much better gains than common 
western lambs when fed the same ration. Nine Shropshire grades made 
average gains of 43.6 pounds, and seven native western lambs made an 
average of 31 pounds. 
Our trials with warm and cold water given to fattening lambs did 
not show any advantage of one over the other. 
