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Summary Statements 



1. The steers used in this test were Irom one to two 

 years old. They were grade Angus, Hereford, and 

 Shorthorn. 



2. At the heginning of test they averaged ahout 775 

 pounds, 



3. The thirty head of steers were divided into two 

 lots and fed as follows: 



LOT I. Velvet beans in the pod. Corn silage. 

 LOT IL Cottonseed meal. Corn silage. 



4. For the 119-day feeding period average daily 

 gains of 1.6 and i 55 pounds were secured in Lots I and 

 II respectively. 



5. It cost .$9.30 and .$10.42 to make 100 pounds of 

 gain in Lots I and II respectively. 



6. The steers cost 6c per pound when they were put 

 in the feed lot. At the close of the experiment they 

 were sold in St. Louis. The velvet bean steers sold 

 for $9.75 per hundred weight, and the cottonseed meal 

 steers for $9.40 per hundred weight. 



7. Each steer in Lot I (velvet beans) netted a clear 

 profit of .$19.62; and Lot II (cottonseed meal), .$16.39. 



8. The velvet bean ration was relished by the steers. 



9. In this experiment one pound of cottonseed meal 

 took the place of 2.05 pounds of velvet beans in the pod. 

 The velvet bean lot, however, required only approxi- 

 mately two-thirds as much silage as the cottonseed 

 meal lot. 



