Feeding Beet Pulp to Lambs. 
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to test the quality and appearance of the meat. March 28th two 
more lambs, one from each pen, were sold for the same purpose. 
Both lots dressed well and the proportion of dressed meat was about 
the same. The corn-fed flesh was considered some best in color 
and the carcass showed a good proportion of fat on the outside. 
The carcass of the pulp-fed lamb showed the most fat on the inside. 
The meat from each lot was of good quality and but little, if 
any, difference could be noted. At the time of loading on the cars 
one of the pulp lot broke a leg. The lamb was killed and dressed, 
but it dressed out very poorly. There was but little fat and the 
meat was of poor quality. This was a typical Navajo sheep, which 
may account for the failure to put on fat. 
As pen II did not become accustomed to pulp until January 3d, 
the only safe comparison of gains that can be made is for a feeding 
period of 60 days between January 3d and March 5th. 
Referring to table I, we find that for this period pen I ate 5,590 
pounds of corn and gained 2,000 pounds. Pen Hate 41,117 pounds 
of pulp and gained 1,728 pounds. Both lots had eaten practically 
the same amount of hay. It required 2.79 pounds of corn, in addi¬ 
tion to the hay, to make one pound of gain. It required 23.78 pounds 
of pulp, in addition to the hay, to make one pound of gain. These 
figures, reduced to their equivalents in dry matter, make 2.37 pounds 
and 2.34 pounds, respectively. The amount of gain corresponds very 
closely to the amount of dry matter in the food. Were the pulp so 
condensed that the same amount of food material could be consumed 
as of corn, it can fairly be said the results would be equal. These 
results are based upon the weights at the shipping yards and not at 
the point to which the lambs were shipped. 
Pulp is not a condensed food and the capacity of the animal 
to take it is limited. The results from the pulp may be partially 
due to the cooling and regulating effect it may have upon the sys¬ 
tem. The office of the pulp would seem to be as follows: 
On account of its cooling and regulating effect on the system, 
and bulky, succulent nature, it would be a good thing to feed for 
some time after taking lambs from the range and putting them on 
dry hay. For the first two months of feeding the feeder does not 
care so much for the fat put on the animal as he does for the growth 
and for the enlargement of the animal’s digestive capacity. The 
alfalfa produces the growth and enough pulp can be consumed to 
fatten as fast as is desired in the early stages of the feeding. 
After the first two months of feeding I believe the lambs should 
be gradually accustomed to corn, and for the last six weeks of the 
feeding the pulp should be kept from them entirely. 
What, then, is the value of a ton of pulp for feeding to lambs 
as compared with corn, based upon the results obtained in|this feed¬ 
ing trial ? The computations so far in this bulletin have been made 
