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istry DeparliiuMit will make a report on Ihe analyses. 



The careasses in Lol 1, corn and tankage, were entirely 

 satisl'aetory to the packer. 'riie\ were nicely finished and 

 of excellent (|iialit.\. Lots 2, 'A, and 1, receiving varying 

 amounts of peanut meal with corn, were classilied by the 

 packer as medium soft, and docked on this hasis. The ration 

 containing velvet bean and pod meal did not ])rove to he 

 as palatable as the rations in Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4; consequently 

 Lots .") and (i ale ;■. much smaller amount of feed and made 

 relatively smaller gains, and were not as nicely linished as 

 those in the first four lots. The corn and peanut meal rations 

 were very palatable and the hogs made uniformly good gains 

 on these mixtures, 



The average melting points for the lots were as follows: 

 Lot 1 — 14.15 degrees C. 

 Lot 2—40.3.') degrees C. 

 Lot 3—42.2 degrees C. 

 Lot 4—40.57 degrees C. 

 Lot () — 42.5 degrees C. 

 During the >ear a lest was started to determine the best 

 and most economical method of ])reparing velvet beans in 

 the pod as feed for dairy cattle. Three lots of four cows 

 each were fed as follows: 



Lot 1 — Velvet beans in the pod (ground.) 

 Lot 2 — Velvet beans in the pod (soaked.) 

 Lot 3 — Velvet beans in the i)od (dry.) 

 This work has not yet continued long enough for delinite 

 conclusions to be drawn. 



Respectful I > submitted, 



Gi:0. S. TEMPLETON. 



Animal Husbandman. 



