FATTENING STEERS ON VELVET BEANS 7 
o'clock. They had no feed after they left the farm and drank very 
little water. 
While it was planned to carry the steers longer, they were quite 
well finished for that class of steers, as their dressing percentages 
indicate. 
QUANTITIES OF FEED CONSUMED 
The two lots were fed as nearly as possible the same quantities 
of feed. It was, however, not possible to get the ground-bean lot 
to eat so much as the whole-bean lot would have eaten. 
GAINS IN WEIGHT 
As Table 2 shows, the whole-bean lot made only a slightly larger 
gain than the ground-bean lot. By periods, the whole-bean lot made 
greater gains than the ground-bean lot in all excepting the second 
period. The gains during the fourth period would have shown to 
much better advantage had it not been necessary, on account of the 
fire, to drive the cattle 5 miles to scales. 
HOGS FOLLOWING STEERS 
Hogs following the steers failed to make satisfactory gains. In 
fact, those following the steers fed ground beans lost weight when 
the steers were on full feed. 
SALE AND SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE 
The shrinkage in transit was unusually heavy. They were un- 
loaded at the National Stock Yards, East St. Louis, 111., about 8 
a. m., April 8, having been in transit about 72 hours. Their sale for 
12 cents a pound broke the record for native southern cattle at a 
northern market. However, a lot of well-bred beef steers weighing 
1,247 pounds each, topped the market for the same day at $15.25 
per 100 pounds. No slaughter data were obtained. 
SUMMARY OF COLLINS EXPERIMENT 
Grinding velvet beans to fatten steers increased the cost of the 
beans considerably, decreased their palatability, and did not increase 
their efficiency in making gains. 
A full feed ration of 1 part velvet beans and 3 parts corn silage 
made a satisfactory ration for fattening steers. 
Hogs following steers fed velvet beans did not make satisfactory 
gains without additional feed. 
Tables 2, 3, and 4 show various details of the experiment. 
Table 2. — Average and total gains of steers in Collins, Miss., experiment 
Gains by periods 1 Daily gains 
Lots and feeds 
First Second 
period period 
Third 
period 
Fourth 
period 
1 
Total First 
gain period 
Second 
period 
Third 
period 
Fourth 
period 
A ver- 
age, 
94 days 
Lot 1: Whole velvet 
Pounds Pounds 
38 59 
Pounds 
34 
Pounds 
2 

Pounds Pounds 
133 
Pounds 
2.1 
2.6 
Pounds 
1.2 
1.0 
Pounds 
0.2 
0.0 
Pounds 
1.41 
Lot 2: Ground vel- 
29 72 28 
129 
1.0 
1.37 
The first three periods were 28 days each, the fourth 10 days. 
