Browsing Livestock Feeders' Day, 1961 by Author "Menzies, C.S."

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Corn, sorghum grain, wheat, rye, and barley as concentrates in complete pelleted rations compared with a standard nonpelleted sorghum grain and alfalfa hay ration for self-feeding fattening lambs

Menzies, C.S.; Richardson, D.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-09-20)

Previous experiments at this station have shown that lambs fed complete pelleted rations make faster, more efficient gains than lambs fed similar nonpelleted rations, and that optimum results are obtained when pelleted ...
Effects of exercise and cooling on reproductive efficiency of ewes bred during summer months

Spies, H.G.; Menzies, C.S.; Smith, W.H.; Scott, S.P. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-09-20)

Failure of ewes to conceive during summer is one of the biggest problems affecting the early spring lamb producer. Workers at other stations have reported that 90 F temperatures lowered reproductive performance. This study ...
The relation of feathering and overflow fat of lamb carcasses to the grade of the lamb, degree of marbling, and market value of the lamb

Mackintosh, D.L.; Merkel, R.A.; Menzies, C.S. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-09-20)

This project was undertaken in the spring of 1960 in an endeavor to determine the relationship, if any, of internal fats, overflow, and feathering to the degree of marbling in the longissimus dorsi muscle (eye muscle), the ...