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Table I. — Showing the Average Amount of Feed Con- 

 sumed Daily Per Steer, December 21, 1916 to 

 Aprilld, 1917, (119 Days). 



PERIOD 



Last 7 days 



LOT I 



Velvet beans 



Corn Silage 



Velvet 



I'orn 



beans 

 silase 



Lbs. 

 . 4.57 

 .33.00 



Velvet beans __. 9.43 

 !:orn sila.^e ..-27.46 



Velvet beans 13.54 



Corn silage 24.64 



Velvet 



Corn 



beans 

 silage 



.14.0(1 

 .26.00 



Velvet 

 Corn 



beans 

 Silage 



.14.0( 

 .26.00 



LOT II 



Cottonseed Meal 



Corn silage 



Cottonseed 

 Corn 



silage 



Lbs. 



meal 1.57 



-. .37.64 



Cotton 

 Corn 



seed 

 silage 



meal 4.37 

 ...41.02 



Cotton 

 Corn 



seed 

 silage 



meal 6.78 

 ...44.00 



Cotton 

 Corn 



seed 

 silage 



meal 7.00 

 ...46.14 



Cotton 

 Corn 



seed 

 silage 



meal 7.00 

 ...49.19 



The beans were fed in the pod and were thoroughly 

 mixed with the silage in the trough so that each steer 

 would get only his share of the beans. After the ex- 

 periment continued four weeks the beans were soaked 

 in the pod in water for twelve hours previous to being 

 fed. The soaking period softened the pod and seem- 

 ed to assist the steers in masticating the beans. 



The steers in Lot I ate on an average 4.57 pounds of 

 velvet beans and 33 pounds of silage during the first 

 28 days. The amount of beans was gradually increas- 

 ed until the fourth period when each consumed 14 

 pounds of velvet beans and 26 pounds of silage. The 

 steers in Lot I did not consume as much silage as the 

 steers in Lot II. 



The steers in Lot II ate on an average 1.57 pounds 

 of cottonseed meal and 37.64 pounds of corn silage 

 daily during the first twenty-eight days. The amount 

 of meal was gradually increased until at the close of 

 the experiment each steer was eating 7 pounds of cot- 

 tonseed meal each day. 



Both rations were relished by the steers and at no 

 time during the test was there any trouble due to 

 steers going off feed. 



Table II. — Average Weights and Gains December 21 

 1916 to April 19, 1917, (119 Days). 



