FATTENING STEEES ON VELVET BEANS 
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In the dry velvet-bean lot during the last period one bloated steer 
was given 1 pound of Epsom salt. On the following day he was in 
good condition. 
QUANTITIES OF FEED CONSUMED 
Equal quantities of beans were fed to lots 2 and 3, while lot 1 
consumed about three-fourths as much beans as lot 2. The differ- 
ence was offset by feeding lot 1, 1 pound of cottonseed meal for every 
3 pounds of velvet beans fed to lot 2. The quantities of silage fed 
to each lot were practically the same. On account of the unusual 
amount of moldy silage which could not be fed, the supply gave out 
at the end of the third period. Consequently, all lots were fed 
cottonseed hulls. The quantities of beans fed were increased through- 
out the experiment whereas the quantities of roughage were decreased. 
GAINS IN WEIGHT 
The gains in weight were quite uniform in the lots except lot 1 
during the first period and all lots during the third period. The 
cottonseed-meal lot gained considerably less than the dry and soaked 
bean lots in both the first and third periods. 
In contrast to the first experiment at McNeill, the steers fed 
soaked beans in this experiment made slightly greater gains than 
those fed dry beans. 
HOGS FOLLOWING STEERS 
Because of the very small gains made by hogs in similar experi- 
ments previously no hogs were put in the lots in this experiment. 
SALE AND SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE 
The steers were shipped to New Orleans, 60 miles distant. The 
shrinkage in transit was very heavy for such a short distance, because 
they were delayed 24 hours by a freight wreck. On account of the 
narrow margin and the high cost of feed, there was a loss instead of 
a profit in feeding these steers. 
SUMMARY OF 1921 EXPERIMENT 
Ten per cent more feed was required to make 100 pounds gain 
with dry velvet beans than with soaked velvet beans. 
In spite of the greater cost of soaked beans the gains made by 
steers fed dry beans cost 7 per cent more than the gains made on 
soaked beans. 
As the gains were smaller and the cost of gain was greater there 
was no advantage in feeding cottonseed meal with dry velvet beans. 
Tables 17,- 18, and 19 give details of the experiment. 
Table 17. — Average gains per steer, by periods and daily 
Gains by periods ' 
Daily gains 
Lots and feeds First Second 
Third Fourth! Total 
First 
Second 
Third 
Fourth ^ eT ' 
P* riod Xys 98 
period • period 
period 
period gains 
period ' 
period 
period 
Lot 1: Cottonseed 
meal and velvet Pounds Pounds 
Pounds 
Pounds Pounds 
Pounds 
Pounds 
Pounds 
Pounds Pounds 
beans. . 12 64 
18 
55 149 
0.9 
2.3 
0.6 
2.0 
1.5 
Lot 2: Dry velvet 
beans 29 62 
24 
49 164 
2.1 
2.2 
.9 
1.7 
1.7 
Lot 3: Soaked velvet 
beans. ... 28 61 
40 
2.0 
1.4 
1.8 
1 The first period was 14 days, while the following periods were 28 days each. 
