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back to normal. One steer in the dry velvet-bean lot was bloated 
twice during the third period, but made a good gain. 
In feeding Osceola beans it was evident that there was more advan- 
tage in soaking these thick-hulled beans than the Early Speckled 
variety, which have comparatively thin hulls. However, it was 
difficult to get the steers to eat a full feed of the Osceola beans ; con- 
sequently a sprinkling of cottonseed meal was added to the rations 
of the bean lots to make them more palatable. 
QUANTITIES OF FEED CONSUMED 
As in the previous experiments the velvet-bean lots were fed equal 
quantities of velvet beans and silage. However, a deviation was 
made from this practice in the last period because the dry Osceola 
beans were so objectionable to the steers. Even the addition of 
cottonseed meal did not overcome the lack of palat ability. The 
cottonseed-meal lot was fed one-half as much cottonseed meal as 
the velvet-bean lots were fed velvet beans and one-third more silage 
than the velvet-bean lots. 
On account of the change in the variety of velvet beans the quanti- 
ties of beans decreased during the latter part of the experiment, 
whereas the quantities of silage remained practically the same. 
GAINS IN WEIGHT 
The unusually large gains during the first period were probably 
largely fill, as the steers had lost 45 pounds per head in being shipped 
just before the initial weights were taken. The gains were very good 
in the second period, fair in the third, but during the fourth period 
they were small, especially in the cottonseed-meal lot. Hence the 
falling off in gains can not be wholly due to the substitution of Osceola 
beans. The bean-fed lots gained twice as much per head during the 
last period as the cottonseed-meal-fed lots. 
In contrast to the previous two experiments, the steers fed cotton- 
seed meal made a greater gain than those fed velvet beans. 
MARKETING AND FINANCIAL OUTCOME 
These steers were marketed in New Orleans and as the margin was 
over $2 per 100 pounds and feed costs were lower than in previous 
experiments, the feeding operation returned a small profit. 
SUMMARY OF 1922 EXPERIMENT 
To produce 100 pounds of gain 17 per cent more velvet beans and 
13 per cent more sorgo silage were required when the beans were 
soaked than when they were fed dry. 
The cost of 100 pounds gain made on soaked velvet beans was 18 
per cent greater than that made on dry velvet beans. 
In comparing dry velvet beans and cottonseed meal, it was found 
that twice as much velvet beans as cottonseed meal was required to 
produce 100 pounds of gain but only three-fourths as much silage was 
required. 
The cost of 100 pounds gain from cottonseed meal and silage was 
about 10 per cent greater than the cost of gains of steers fed dry 
velvet beans and sorgo silage. 
Tables 20, 21, and 22 give statistics of the experiment. 
