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From the above lablc an easy calculation shows lliat 

 on an average two and one-half pounds of \elvet beans 

 with pods, gi'ound were equal in feeding value and 

 economy to one pound of good cottonseed meal. 



Table No. IV. — Showing the Influence of the Two Ra- 

 tions on the Weights of the Cows. (56 Days). 



Table IV shows that the cows on each ration lost very 

 slightly in flesh during the test. The loss was probably 

 due to the w^eather conditions rather than to the fee<l. 

 During the first period there was considerable cold, wet 

 weather, and both lots lost in weight. During the sec- 

 ond part of the test the weather was more favorable 

 and both lots gained in weight. 



Summary 



1. Cottonseed meal, 3 parts, mixed wilh corn meal, 

 4 parts, produced more milk and buttcrfat than ground 

 velvet beans and pods, 6 parts, mixed with corn meal, 

 4 parts, when fed with silage. 



2. The cottonseed meal mixture produced both milk 

 and butterfat more economically than the velvet ])ean 

 mixture, when velvet bean meal w^as priced at •1^22.f)() 

 and cottonseed meal at JJ5 10.00 per ton. 



3. When cottonseed meal (36 per cent protein or 

 7 per cent ammonia) and velvet beans and pods were 

 separately fed with corn in the proportions used in 

 this experiment, the velvet beans were worth -'pi 5.80 

 per ton for milk production, and -1^15.92 per ton for but- 

 terfat production when the cottonseed meal was worth 

 •l^iO.OO per ton. 



4. The tw^o rations were practically the same in ef- 

 fici(>ncy in maintaining the weight of the cows. 



5. The velvet bean ration Mas not })alatable to all 

 of the cows in the test. 4 he milk flow was maintained 

 by those cows consuming a full ration of the velvet 

 beans. 



6. On the basis of flie experiment qr. 



)Gvc. two 



and one-half pounds of velvet ])eans with jiods, ground, 

 were equal in feeding value and economy to one pound 

 of aood cottonseed meal. 



