FATTENING STEEES ON VELVET BEANS 
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fill previous to beginning the experiment. The gains were also quite 
good during the second and third periods. The lot fed dry beans 
made considerably more gain than either of the others. 
HOGS FOLLOWING STEERS 
Two hogs followed each lot of cattle, but the gains were too small 
to keep the hogs in good condition except those following the dry 
velvet-bean lot. These hogs had access to rye grazing in addition 
to the droppings. 
SALE AND SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE 
The steers were shipped to Xew Orleans, which is about 60 miles 
from McNeill, and sold there by a commission firm. The cotton- 
seed-meal lot sold at $13 per 100 pounds, the dry-bean lot at 
$13.24, and the soaked-bean lot at $13.29. These prices corre- 
sponded to the relative finish as indicated by the dressing per cent 
for the different lots, which was 56.5, 57.1, and 57.8, respectively. 
SUMMARY OF 1920 EXPERIMENT 
Dry velvet beans produced greater gains than equal quantities 
of soaked beans (weighed dry), when fed with corn silage to fatten 
steers. In the soaked-bean lot 25 per cent more beans and 30 per 
cent more silage were required to make 100 pounds of gain. The rate 
of gain was 27 per cent greater on dry than on soaked beans. The 
profit on steers fed dry beans was 42 per cent greater than on steers 
fed soaked beans. 
To produce 100 pounds of gain twice as much beans as cottonseed 
meal were required, but only two-thirds as much silage was required 
with the beans as with the cottonseed meal. 
The results are recorded in Tables 14, 15, and 16. 
Table 14. — Average gains per steer, by periods and daily 
Gains by periods 
Daily gains 
Lots and feeds 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Total First 
gain period 
Second 
period 
Third a^ 
Pounds 
89 
Pounds 
52 
Pounds 
37 
Pounds Pounds 
178 3. 2 
Pounds 
1.9 
2.0 
1.6 
Pounds Pounds 
1. 3 2. 1 
Lot 2: Dry velvet beans 
114 j 57 
93 
64 235 4. 1 
49 
2.3 
1.7 
2.8 
2.2 
Table 15. — Total feed consumed per lot and daily feed per steer, by periods 
Lots and feeds 
Total feed per lot 
First ; Second Third 
period period period 
Total 
Lot 1: 
Cottonseed meal 1, 152 
Corn silage 12,405 
Lot 2: 
Dry velvet beans 2,405 
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
Daily feed per steer 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Aver- 
age, 84 
days 
1,470 
15,000 
1,650 
15,120 
Lot 
Corn silage. 
Soaked velvet beans. 
Corn silage 
3, 665 3, 920 
12,075 I 10,637 10,765 
4,272 
42,525 
9,990 
33,477 
2,405 
12,168 
3,665 
11,819 
10, 830 34, 817 
4.1 
44.3 
8.6 
43.1 
8.6 
43.5 
5.2 
53.6 
13.1 
38.0 
13.1 
42.2 
Pounds Pounds 
5.9 
54.0 
14.0 
38.4 
14.0 
38.7 
5.1 
50.6 
11.9 
39.9 
11.9 
41.4 
