FATTENING STEERS ON VELVET BEANS 15 
The amounts of corn given to the cottonseed-meal-corn lot and the 
soaked velvet-bean-corn lot were identically the same. While a full 
feed of silage was given to all lots, the cattle in the soaked velvet- 
bean-corn lot ate considerably less silage than those in the cottonseed- 
meal and cottonseed-meal-corn lots on account of the large amount 
of roughage supplied by the hulls of the velvet beans. 
Lot 4, fed soaked velvet beans and cottonseed meal, ate more 
silage than the soaked velvet-bean-corn lot, but not enough more to 
balance the much greater quantity of concentrates eaten by the latter. 
GAINS IN WEIGHT 
The gains during the first period were large because the experiment 
was begun without giving the cattle a chance to fill after their long 
trip from East St. Louis. During the second and third periods the 
gains were fair, though rather irregular, but during the fourth period 
the gains were uniformly large. The corn-fed lots (2 and 3) made 
larger and more uniform gains than the lotsjfed cottonseed meal and 
velvet beans (1 and 4). 
HOGS FOLLOWING STEERS 
In the cottonseed-meal and velvet-bean lots only one shote was 
used, while in the corn-fed lot additional shotes were added as they 
were needed. At the end of the experiment each of these lots con- 
tained five pigs. The pigs varied considerably in weight, but averaged 
about 135 pounds when put in. They received no feed except that 
contained in the droppings of the steers. 
In the cottonseed-meal lot the gains were so small that it would not 
pay to have a pig following the steers. As the small gain consisted 
of growth only, the hog was worth less per pound at the end of the 
experiment than at the beginning. In other lots the hog gains were 
not large, but they were worth while. 
SALE AND SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE 
The cattle were sold at Beltsville by a commission man from Balti- 
more to the highest bidder of several Washington provision men. 
The corn-fed lots showed the best finish and brought the highest 
prices, the soaked velvet-bean-corn lot being slightly fatter than the 
cottonseed-meal-corn lot. There was not much difference between 
the cottonseed-meal and the cottonseed-meal-corn lots. Lot 4, fed 
soaked beans and a little cottonseed meal, had the poorest finish. 
The dressing percentages and other data were obtained on the 
cattle in each lot when they were slaughtered, at Benning, D. C. The 
soaked velvet-bean -corn lot, which brought the highest price, had the 
highest dressing percentage; the cottonseed-meal lot was second; the 
cottonseed-meal-corn lot third; and the soaked velvet-bean-cotton- 
seed-meal lot last. The dressing percentages based on Benning 
weights are very similar. There was no material difference between 
the dressed carcasses of the cottonseed meal, cottonseed-meal-corn, 
and soaked velvet-bean-corn lots except that the cottonseed-meal lot 
carried about 100 pounds more tallow. 
SUMMARY OF 1919 EXPERIMENT 
The addition of corn to a concentrate ration of either cottonseed 
meal or soaked velvet beans increased the amount of concentrates 
