20 BULLETIN 1333, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 16. — Summary of feeds consumed, gains, costs, 1 and marketing data (J920) 
Item 
Number of steers 
Days fed 
Average daily ration: 
Cottonseed meal pounds, 
Velvet beans do. 
Corn silage do..- 
Total feed consumed per steer: 
C ot tonseed meal pounds. 
Velvet beans do. 
Corn silage do. 
Feed per 100 pounds gain: 
Cottonseed meal do... 
Velvet beans-- do... 
Corn silage do-._ 
Initial weight per steer. do... 
Final weight per steer do..- 
Total gain per steer do... 
Daily gain per steer do--. 
Cost of feed per steer dollars. 
C ost of gain per 100 pounds do. . . 
Initial value per 100 pounds - do_-, 
Necessary selling price to break even do-_- 
Actual selling price do..- 
Profit per steer do_-_ 
Profit per steer including pork 2 do... 
Expense of marketing do_._ 
Pork produced per steer pounds. 
Shrinkage to market— do.._ 
Dressing percentage per cent- 
Price received per ton for silage dollars. 
12.37 
13.00 
5.85 
6.52 
3.33 
4.5 
53 
56.5 
10.75 
2,389 
1,425 
810 
786 
988 
1,021 
178 
235 
2.1 
2.8 
33.88 
33.37 
19.04 
14.20 
11.86 
13.24 
13.13 
14.93 
3.33 
12.0 
70 
57.1 
15.85 
531 
1,852 
802 
990 
188 
2.2 
34.66 
18.43- 
9.69 
12.30 
13.29 
9.27 
10.09 
3.33 
5.5 
50 
57.8 
13.33 
1 Prices per ton of feed used: Corn silage, $8; dry velvet beans, $40; soaked velvet beans, $41.50; cotton- 
seed meal, $79. 
■ The gains of the hogs were figured at the rate of $15 per 100 pounds. 
THE 1921 EXPERIMENT 
The object of this experiment was to compare dry whole velvet 
beans and cottonseed meal; dry whole velvet beans; and soaked whole 
velvet beans, when fed with corn silage. The lots were arranged as 
follows : 
Lot 1. Cottonseed meal and dry velvet beans. 
Lot 2. Dry velvet beans. 
Lot 3. Soaked velvet beans. 
KIND OF STEERS 
In this experiment 30 very uniform 3-year-old grade Hereford and 
Shorthorn steers, cut from a herd of 200, were used. They were in 
good condition as they came from pasture near Crystal Springs, 
Miss. They had been" running on stalk fields before being shipped 
on December 6. They arrived at McNeill on December 8, and were 
filled on velvet beans and hay. On December 9, they were branded, 
the first of three initial weighings taken, and the experimental feeding 
was begun. At this time they had lost 50 pounds per head from 
pasture weights at Crystal Springs. 
OBSERVATIONS DURING EXPERIMENT 
During the first 14 days all steers in the cottonseed-meal lot were 
off feed on account of eating spoiled silage which had been thrown 
into their lot as bedding. One steer was removed from the lot for 
two days and drenched at 12-hour intervals with 1-pound doses of 
Epsom salt. As a result of being off feed this lot made a very small 
daily gain for the period. 
