The Ordway new era., 1917-03-16
compared with corn at 800 per
cwt. we calculate as follows:
242 lbs. molasses at $40 per ton $1.21
764 lbs. hay at So per ton .$2.29
81 lbs. cake at $40 per ton ..$1.74
Total cost of food per 100


lbs. gain, except pulp 1924
Now the corn ration cost .$1O.94
The pulp ration, without pulp 5.24
Leaving as value OF the pulp $40
Or, in other words, compared with
dollar corn, TAGS lbs. pulp are worth
$50. or $1.53 per ton.
The same calculation can be made
for corn at a higher and lower price.
II corn is assumed at $1.25 per cwt.
the value of a ton of pulp as calculat-
ed by this method would be about
$2.03; with corn at $3.50 per cwt.
1t would be worth $3.50 per ton.
This translated into practical terms
means, IL animals Of equally satisfac-
tory finish can be produced with
either pulp, molasses, hay and cake,
or corn, hay and cake, and you have
been feeding corn at $1OO per cWt.
with good financial results, you can
afford to pay as much as $3.50 per
ton for pulp. II the corn has cost
you $1.25 per cwt. you can afford to
pay $2.00 per ton for pulp. and so
forth. Vice versa, If we know what
pulp has cost us. we can use these
figures to calculate what we can af-
ford to pay for corn.
We may assume the pulp laid down
in the feed bunkers costs about 81. 90
ration per 100 lbs. grain would be:
7465 lbs. pulp at 81. 90 per ton 1913
242 lbs. molasses at $40 per ton 1.21
764 lbs. hay at $500 per ton 2.29
81 lbs. cake at $40 per ton 1.74
Total cost of food 100 lbs. gain 1897
Cost of hay and cake in corn
Value Of 74s lbs. corn, 5.5i or 7sc
per cwt.
In other words, IL you want to sub
stitute corn for wet pulp costing you
$1.OO per ton fed, you cannot afford
to pay more than 73c per cwt. corn,
In order to feed as cheaply as with
wet pulp On the other hand, If you
have fed heretofore with satisfactory
results, corn at $1.OO per cwt., you
can spend d much as $1.5O per ton
of pulp fed with equally satisfactory
results.
Many progressive feeders in the
corn belt are not using corn alone,
but use corn silage with it. The food
eaten per 100 lbs. gain in the four
vear experiment in Indiana was as
follows:
Corn .74S lbs. .545 lbs.
Hay .46S lbs. none
cake ..... .1O5 lbs. 119 lbs
S1lage ..... 1857 lbs.
With corn at s1.O0 per cwt., hay
at $500 per ton. and cake at $40 per
ton, the corn ration costs $1O.94 per
cwt. gain. The cost of the corn and
cake eaten in the silage ration at
these prices would be $7.S1. The
between $1O.94 and 1881
-$3.13 would then represent the
comparative value of 1857 lbs. Of
corn silage at the prices quoted, or
about $500 per ton fed.
However, basing the value of corn
sflage on the comparative cost of the
pulp ration per cwt. gain, we found
that corn is worth only 73c per cwt.
when pulp cost $1.OO per ton fed. The
value commonly assigned to silage is
between SO and IS per ton in our
beet districts. This shows that the
employed are not merely
a juggling of figures, but are a feas-
ible method of arriving at compare
tive food values.
The main purpose was to show
that pulp and molasses are at present
prices very cheap food, as compar-
ed with the most commonly used
stock food. namely, corn.
To sum up: Based on the amount
of beef actually produced with the
different feeds:
Corn is worth 73c per cwt.
Corn silage is worth $4.2O per ton,
When pulp feed costs $1.OO per ton
Hay costs $1,000 per ton.
Cake costs $4,000 per ton.
Compared with past and present
prices of corn, pulp has been cheap.