8 BULLETIN 1333, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 3. — Total feed consumed -per lot and daily feed -per steer by periods l 
Total feed per lot 
Daily feed per steer 
Lots and feeds 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Fourth 
period 
Total, 
94 days 
First 
period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Fourth 
period 
Aver- 
age, 94 
days 
Lotl: Whole velvet 
beans 
Pounds 
1,968 
6,782 
1,968 
6,778 
Pounds 
2,530 
8,811 
2,480 
8,658 
Pounds 
3,320 
7,534 
3,205 
7,363 
Pounds 
1,228 
1,790 
1,216 
1,738 
Pounds 
9,046 
24, 917 
8,869 
24,537 
Pounds 
6.4 
22.0 
6.4 
22.0 
Pounds 
8.2 
28.6 
8.0 
28.1 
Pounds 
10.8 
24.5 
10.4 
23.9 
Pounds 
11.2 
16.3 
11.1 
15.8 
Pounds 
8.7 
Corn silage 
24.1 
Lot 2: Ground vel- 
vet beans 
8.6 
Corn silage 
23.7 
The first three periods were 28 days each, while the fourth was 10 days. 
Table 4. — Summary of feeds consumed, gains, costs, l and marketing data 
Item 
Lotl. 
Whole 
beans 
Lot 2. 
Ground 
beans 
11 
94 
24.1 
8.7 
11 
94 
Average daily ration: 
Corn silage .-. - 
. pounds.. 
23.7 
Whole velvet beans 
do.... 
Ground velvet beans .. ... 
do.... 
8.6 
Total feed consumed per steer: 
do_... 
2,265 
822 
2,231 
do.... 
do.... 
806 
Feed per 100 pounds gain: 
do.... 
1,703 
618 
1,729 
do.... 
do.... 
625 
Initial weight per steer 
do.... 
660 
793 
133 
1.41 
15.94 
11.99 
7.54 
10.19 
12.00 
7.07 
12.91 
79 
55.2 
16.40 
660 
Final weight per steer 
do.... 
789 
Total gain per steer 
...do.... 
129 
Daily gain per steer . 
.do.... 
1.37 
Cost of feed per steer . 
. . dollars.. 
17.27 
Cost of gains per 100 pounds 
Initial value per 100 pounds 
Necessary selling price to break even 
Actual selling price 
do.... 
...do.... 
...do.... 
;. do.... 
13.39 
7.54 
10.42 
12.00 
Expense of marketing per steer 
Profit per steer 
do.... 
...do .. 
7.07 
11.22 
Shrinkage to market . . ... 
.. .pounds.. 
78 
Dressing percentage . 
percent.. 
56.1 
Price received per ton for silage 
dollars.. 
15.06 
1 Prices per ton of feed used: Corn silage, $5; whole velvet beans, $25; ground velvet beans, $29. 
THE EXPERIMENTS AT BELTSVILLE, MD. 
THE 1918 EXPERIMENT 
The object of the experiment conducted in 1918 was to compare 
the following feeds when fed with corn silage and dry roughage for 
fattening steers: Cottonseed meal, velvet beans, ground velvet beans, 
and soaked velvet beans. 
STEERS USED 
Forty 2-year old steers raised in Illinois and Missouri, predomi- 
nating in Shorthorn blood, with a little Angus and Hereford blood 
evident, in good condition for feeders and averaging 797 pounds 
?er head, were bought at the National Stock Yards, East St. Louis, 
11., February 22, 19 IS, at $10.75 per 100 pounds. They arrived 
at Beltsville, Md., March 1, and were divided into four iots of 10 
each, the lots being as nearly uniform as possible. 
