Show SOY BEANS ARE VALUABLE FEED keep bean rations low for best results by IV II 11 PETERS professor ol of animal husbandry university farm st paul whole soy beans as raised and threshed on the farm have a high feed value but the feed feeder er should use caution in making up his ration to include such beans on the basis of experiments carried out to evaluate soy beans in the live livestock stock ration several guides have been established 1 do not feed soy beans in excess of 10 per cent by weight of any grain ration for any type of animal if beans are fed more heavily than this the high oil content will cause scouring and disturbances of the digestive system if fed heavily hea vi to such animals as high producing milk cows fattening hogs cattle or lambs such animals will in two to three months time lose their taste for the beans and voluntarily cut down on their eating 2 soy beans fed in excess of 10 per cent of the ration to dairy cows may cause soft butter likewise overfeeding over feeding of fattening hogs on beans is quite certain to produce soft pork 3 in so far as possible soy beans should be fed whole without being ground at all they are just as palatable in the whole form as after they are ground because of their high oil content soy beans become rancid and objectionable in odor and taste very soon after being ground it if they must be ground to fit in with the rest of the ration they should be crushed only medium fine and a fresh supply prepared once each week 4 such practices as cooking or soaking soy beans before feeding them have not proved necessary or profitable 5 whole soy beans have their most satisfactory use in feeding when they are fed as a small part of the grain ration to fattening cattle and lambs and high producing milk cows |