Show i f GETTING PROFITS IN FEEDING LIVE LiVESTOCK STOCK Two Tests Conducted on Private Farms in Florida Herd of Native e. e Steers Turned on Field I cf Velvet Bea Beans s Gave Better Results Re Re- Suits Than Those Fed on More Feeds Less Leis gains In weight but greater f t Profits resulted from feeding a n herd of ot oft rattle In to a velvet bean field compared j th another herd fed In a similar field t I for only a short time and then given more costly feed Including sorghum silage and d cottonseed meal These two f ceding tests were conducted on private rate vate farms In Florida in co operation co-operation Win Illi the bureau of animal Industry United States department of agriculture ture In on one case nat native ve steers three tt to to five years ears old old and averaging Pounds per head hend were turned into Inte nn en acre 80 field ot of velv velvet t beans benns early i to In n November r. r After 28 days the animals ani and and- I mals vials averaged pounds and the feed Ivas w changed to sorghum silage velvet Deans cans I In hr pod and cottonseed meal On the toe sixth fifty day the weight was Pounds On the fourth eighty day Jhen When hen the test ended it was pounds The Thc head hend was s sTe si average daily dally grain per waa i fJ three fourths of n rl p The he ration was not the time typical fa aliening heretofore hut hilt butas ration used 11 was as one used to secure a n comparable JM de ec of finish Had grain been fed fell ml i to II r addition greater greuter gain alo pr probably a n 4 trout d have been secured There Theme was wasI I 2 52 margin and a n profit of per perM M t head In the second native were herd F similar 1 to the first Postured of velvet on an j field h fins for tor 72 l lays days beginning inning at tile ll e same They lost logt h time of year yN In weight for a a part of or ore orI r h the e e second month but there thele was n a nI af I I flit average gal gain for the thc whole pe pe- f r or 01 of a u little more than one fourth charge charger f per steer The pasture I It r r the and case ease was SO SU J per acre h t margin was wash i I j i per head d. r ii h In n the tho lither ther cn case e. e |