Feeding Beet Pulp to Lambs. 
By H. H. Griffin. 
The establishment of beet sugar factories in Colorado placed 
the pulp at the command of the farmer for use as stock food after 
the extraction of sugar. The writer realized that there would be 
much demand on the part of feeders for reliable information in 
regard to the value of this product for sheep feeding, as the feeding 
was done principally for this purpose and probably would be for 
years to come. The writer further realized that this demand 
would be emphasized in times of short corn crops in the east and 
consequent high-priced corn in the Arkansas valley. 
It was the wish of the writer to do some experimental feeding 
with this product in the way of comparing it with corn for fattening 
sheep. By the kindness of Mr. F. M. Harsin, of Rocky ford, 250 
head of lambs were placed at our disposal to make a test. 
The experiment was planned as follows: One car load of lambs 
was to be divided into two lots. Each lot was to receive the same 
amount of alfalfa hay daily. One lot was to be fed corn as it is 
customary to feed corn in this country. The other lot was to receive 
pulp in lieu of corn in such amount as would be deemed best for 
the purpose of making the comparison. 
Further, it was intended to incidentally note the effect of the 
pulp upon the health of the sheep, on the amount of water drank, 
upon the quality of the meat, and to note how pulp-fed lambs would 
ship to market as compared to corn-fed lambs. The writer realized 
that in the latter proposition was, to a great extent, the crucial test 
of its value. 
These lambs were a grade lot from the San Luis valley. Mr. 
Harsin had put them on hay and corn the first week in November. 
At the time the Station received them, in December, they were get¬ 
ting 7 oz. of corn per head per day. They were weighed into the 
Station’s pens on the 24th day of December, 1900, 125 in each pen. 
The weight of pen I was 7,032 pounds or an average of 61 pounds 
per head; of pen II, 7,772 pounds or an average of 62 pounds per 
head. Each lot was given the same amount of hay daily. But few 
of the lambs took to pulp readily. It was ten days before all the 
lambs in pen II were eating pulp. Pen I was continued on 7 oz. 
of corn per head daily. 
February 21st a stampede of the sheep occurred by which a 
