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Browsing Livestock Feeders' Day, 1952 by Subject "Gain"

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A comparison of rolled, coarsely ground, and finely ground milo grain for fattening steer calves.

Cox, R.F.; Smith, E.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-25)

Good to choice quality Hereford steer calves were used in this test. There were three lots, 10 head to a lot, all being fed the same except for the difference in grain preparation. The calves originated in the vicinity of ...
Effect of feeding a protein supplement during the latter part of the grazing season to two-year-old steers on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-25)

The nutritive value of bluestem pasture usually begins to decline rapidly after mid-summer. This test is concerned with what effect the feeding of protein supplement after mid-summer will have on cattle gains and ...
Factors affecting gains

Bell, F.W.; Smith, E.F.; Smith, W.H. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-25)

Cattle in the same feedlot differ considerably in their rate of gain. These differences in ability to gain can be explained only by difference in characteristics of individual animals, since all are under the same conditions ...
Methods of wintering steer calves that are to be grazed a full season and sold off grass.

Smith, E.F.; Good, D.L.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-19)

This is a report on the wintering phase of this test. It will be completed at the close of the grazing season in 1952. This study is to determine the best method of wintering good quality steer calves that are to be grazed ...
Project 253-3: Wintering, grazing and fattening heifers.

Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F.; Good, D.L.; Mackintosh, D.L. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-25)

Seventy good quality Hereford heifer calves were purchased for $31.50 a hundredweight in east central Kansas and received October 1, 1951. The pay weight was 425 pounds per head. It was necessary to dehorn most of the ...
Ratio of roughage to grain for fattening steer calves.

Richardson, D.; Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-19)

This is a preliminary report covering the first 98 days of this feeding trial which is still being conducted; therefore the reader should bear in mind that the figures are in no way conclusive or complete. The physical ...
The relationship of physical balance and energy value in sheep rations.

Bell, T.D.; Cox, R.F.; Hughes, J.S. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-19)

Lamb fattening rations varying in physical nature but virtually alike chemically have been studied at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station for a number of years. Previous tests have been demonstrated that the rate ...
The value of trace minerals in a wintering and fattening ration. Self-feeding grain in dry lot vs. self-feeding grain on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-01-25)

This is a report of the wintering phase of this test. Following this phase the different lots will be grazed together on bluestem pasture and then full-fed grain until they grade choice. One objective of the test is to ...