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LOT 1: Corn. 10 paiis \. , , » 



Dried blood, 1 i>arir" "''^ '<^^- 



Corn, TO parts, \ ono-lialf ration (2 i)oiinds tv> 



!.0T II: Dried blood, 1 pari i each 100 poiintls live Aveight). 

 Velvet bean pasture. 



Corn, 10 parts, ^ one-foiii-lb ration (1 pound to 



l.OT III: D'ied Mood, 1 oar; pencil 100 pounds live weighl). 

 Velvel bean pasture. 



2. The crop of velvet beans was only one-tliird oF 

 <in average crop due to nnor stand, dry weatlier durini* 

 the growing season, and early frosl on October 27lh. 



3. To make 100 pounds gain in live weight it requir- 

 'cd 316 pounds corn and 31.6 pounds dried blood in 

 Lot I; 15.07 pounds corn and 15.007 nounds dried Idood 

 ^An<] .7 A. velvet beans in Lot IT: and 71.03 pounds corn 

 tind 7.1 pounds dried blood with .9 A. velvet beans in 

 Lot IIL 



4. When corn was worth $1.00 per bushel, dried 

 blood ■*f^60.00 per ton and velvet bean pasture -$2.83 per 

 cicre, it cost ^(^.59 to produce 100 pounds increase in 

 weight in Lot I; .$4.91 in Lot TI; and $4.02 in Lot TIL 



5. The velvet bean crop proved to be entirely sat- 

 isfactory as a hog feed. It should be remend^ered 

 that a crop of corn was gathered from this area before 

 the hogs were turned in. 



Object of Experiment B 



Ilie object of this experiment was to coi-ipare a ra- 

 tion of corn with a ration of one-half corn and one- 

 half velvet bean meal (threshed beans) to determine 

 the value of the velvet beau meal as a supolemenl to 

 t'orn for fattening hogs, and to study the effects of the 

 velvet bean on the quality of carcass and the lard. 



Feeds and Method oe Feeding 



The corn was ground into a coarse meal. The vel- 

 vet bean meal was made by grinding tlie threshed 

 velvet beans into a fine meal. The corn and l)i';)n 

 meal were mixed together and enough water addi-d to 

 make a thin slo]). The day's feed was divided iulo 

 equal parts, the night and morning feeds being fed at 

 regular hours. The corn was valued at $1.00 jxr bush- 

 el, and the velvet bean meal at $34.00 per ton. 



