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BULLETIN 1333, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
sequently, the cost per 100 pounds gain was least for the soaked beans. 
More of the dry beans than of ground beans were required to produce 
100 pounds. However, on account of the greater quantity of silage 
consumed with the ground beans and the cost of grinding them, the 
gain produced by the dry beans cost less than the gain made by the 
steers fed ground beans. 
The greatest disadvantage of the ground beans was the small 
quantity consumed and the consequent small gain, which resulted 
in a poor finish and a selling price practically $1 per 100 pounds 
lower than that of the other lots. There was, consequently, a loss 
on the ground-bean lot while all the other rations produced a profit. 
Although the gains made by hogs were small for all lots, consider- 
ably larger gains were made from the whole-bean and soaked-bean 
lots than from the ground-bean and cottonseed-meal lots. 
Corn silage and velvet beans form a satisfactory fattening ration. 
Tables 5 to 9, inclusive, show various data relating to this 
experiment. 
Table 5. — Average gains per steer, by periods, total, and daily 
Gains by periods 
Daily gains 
Lots and feeds 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Fourth 
period 
Total 
gain 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third Fourth 
period period 
Aver- 
age, 112 
days 
Lot 1: Cottonseed 
meal 
Pounds 
56 
32 
22 
43 
Pounds 
77 
79 
72 
77 
Pounds 
72 
49 
53 
62 
Pounds 
52 
34 
25 
41 
Pounds 
257 
194 
172 
223 
Pounds 
2.0 
1.1 
0.8 
1.5 
Pounds 
2.7 
2.8 
2.6 
2.7 
Pounds 
2.6 
1.7 
1.9 
2.2 
Pounds 
1.8 
1.2 
0.9 
1.4 
Pounds 
2.3 
Lot 2: Dry velvet 
1.7 
Lot 3: Ground vel- 
vet beans - 
1.5 
Lot 4: Soaked velvet 
2.0 
Table 6. — Total feed consumed per lot and daily feed per steer by periods 
Lots and feeds 
Lot 1: 
k Cottonseed meal 
Corn stover and 
wheat straw... 
Corn silage 
Salt 
Lot 2: 
Dry velvet 
beans... 
Corn stover and 
wheat straw... 
Corn silage 
Salt 
Lot 3: 
Ground velvet 
beans... 
Corn stover and 
wheat straw... 
Corn silage 
Salt. 
Lot 4: 
Soaked velvet 
beans 
Corn stover and 
wheat straw... 
Corn Bilage 
Salt 
Total feed per lot 
First 
period 
Pounds 
728 
5,450 
5,020 
50 
1,758 
5,450 
5,020 
50 
1, 394 
5, 450 
5, 020 
50 
1,820 
5,4.50 
5, 020 
50 
Second 
period 
Pounds 
1,240 
990 
9,450 
26 
2,124 
8, 250 
24 
1,559 
850 
8,250 
33 
2,709 
855 
7, 200 
22 
Third 
period 
Pounds 
1,360 
935 
11,000 
22 
2,151 
840 
8,400 
23 
840 
8,400 
16 
840 
7, (X)() 
28 
Fourth 
period 
Pounds 
1,595 
995 
12, 300 
12 
2,473 
940 
8,400 
13 
1,584 
1,050 
8,475 
17 
3, 178 
Total, 
112 
Pounds 
4,923 
8,370 
37, 770 
110 
8,506 
8,090 
30, 070 
110 
6,576 
8,190 
30, 145 
116 
10. 77 
940 ] 8,085 
7, (KM) 26,220 
3 103 
Daily feed per steer 
First 
period 
Pounds 
2.6 
19.5 
17.9 
.2 
6.3 
19.5 
17.9 
.2 
5.0 
19.5 
17.9 
.2 
19.5 
17.'.) 
.2 
Second 
period 
Pounds 
4.4 
3.5 
33.7 
.1 
3.1 
29.5 
.1 
5.6 
3.0 
29.5 
.1 
9.7 
3.1 
25. 7 
.1 
Third 
period 
Pounds 
4.9 
3.3 
39.3 
. 1 
3.0 
30.0 
.1 
7.3 
3.0 
JO.O 
.1 
10.9 
3.0 
25.0 
.1 
Fourth 
period 
Pounds 
5.7 
3.6 
43.9 
( 2 ) 
3.4 
30.0 
( 2 ) 
3.7 
30.3 
.1 
11.4 
3.4 
25.0 
( 2 ) 
112 
days 
Pounds 
4.4 
7.5 
33.7 
.1 
7.6 
7.2 
26.8 
.1 
5.9 
7.3 
26.9 
.1 
9.6 
7.2 
23.4 
.1 
' The quantities of dry roughage includes the unconsumel stover and straw listed in Table 7. The same 
applies to Table s. 
Less than 0.1 pound. 
