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1. The value of trace minerals in a wintering and fattening ration. 2. Self-feeding grain in drylot vs. self-feeding on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F.; Baker, F.H. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Thirty head of good quality Hereford steer calves, 10 head to a lot, were used in the study. They were the lightest calves of a shipment of 220 steer calves from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas. They cost 29 cents a ...
Adaptability of breeds of rams and breed-types of range ewes to market lamb production in Kansas.

Bell, T.D.; Holland, L. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Western ewes of the three predominant types (Texas ewes or fine wools, Blackface crossbreds, and Northwestern Whiteface crossbreds) commonly found in Kansas were secured as ewe lambs in the fall of 1951 and bred to ...
Adapting roughages varying in quality and curing processes to the nutrition of beef cattle: A comparison of prairie hay and corn cobs; a special supplement vs. milo grain and cottonseed meal.

Smith, E.F.; Richardson, D.; Baker, F.H.; Cathcart, R.B.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Forty good quality Hereford heifer calves were divided as equally as possible into four lots of 10 animals each. The heifers originated in the vicinity of Snyder. Texas. They were dehorned, vaccinated, and branded before ...
A comparison of alfalfa silage and alfalfa hay for wintering heifer calves.

Cathcart, R.B.; Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Richardson, D.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Forty Texas Hereford heifer calves averaging 360 pounds each were divided into four lots of 10 head each. The feeding test was conducted from December 17, 1953, to April 8. 1954, or 113 days. The alfalfa silage and hay ...
Dwarfism in beef cattle

Smith, W.H.; Holland, L.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

During recent years there have been several scientific and numerous breeders' reports on dwarfism in the Angus, Hereford, and Shorthorn breeds of beef cattle. These have described what appear to be several different ...
The effect of cottonseed meal and soybean oilmeal fed separately and together upon the digestibility of a ration fed to lambs.

Richardson, D. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

There is a variation in the digestibility of protein in the various concentrates fed to livestock. It has been shown that the digestibility of nutrients in a ration with a mixture of protein concentrates is closely related ...
The effect of different hormone treatments upon the breeding and lambing performance of ewes.

Bell, T.D.; Smith, W.H.; Johnson, M. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Approximately 350 ewes, largely of western origin, were included in three outlying experimental flocks. Approximately one-third of each flock received a series of five injections of progesterone (30 mg. each) at three-day ...
Effect of feeding yearling steers on bluestem pasture 2 pounds of corn or soybean pellets during the latter part of the grazing season.

Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F.; Holland, L.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Thirty-six head of good quality yearling Hereford steers were used in this test. They had been grazing together on bluestem pasture previous to the test. The steers were divided into three lots of 12 steers each, in a ...
The effect of grazing systems on livestock and vegetation. A comparison of different methods of managing bluestem pastures.

Smith, E.F.; Anderson, K.L.; Baker, F.H. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Good quality Hereford yearling steers weighing approximately 565 pounds were used to stock the pastures. The method of management of each pasture was as follows: Pasture 1-Normal rate of stocking, 3.75 acres per ...
The effect of varying amounts of antibiotics (Aureomycin-B12 supplement) in the protein supplement for swine on sudan pasture.

Aubel, C.E. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

In recent years the use of antibiotics in swine nutrition has received much attention. Research has shown that different vitamin B12 antibiotic supplements stimulate gains. Antibiotics have been shown to be effective ...
Effects of feeding a protein supplement during the latter part of the grazing season to two-year-old steers on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Twenty head of good quality two-year-old Hereford steers were used in this test. They were wintered on dry bluestem pasture and then grazed together until August 5, when this test started. The steers were divided into ...
Fattening heifers on milo grain and sorghum silage.

Baker, F.H.; Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Milo grain and sorghum silage are extensively used in fattening rations for beef cattle in Kansas. A fattening ration composed of milo grain and sorghum silage contains sufficient protein to meet the recommended protein ...
Feedlot fattening experiments with lambs.

Bell, T.D.; Erhart, A.B. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

The tests this year compared whole milo with steam-rolled milo, and ground milo when fed with a standard roughage ration of ground sorghum fodder (little grain), plus a protein supplement and supplemental salt and ...
The improvement of beef cattle through breeding methods

Smith, W.H.; Holland, L.A.; Ibsen, H.L. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

The purebred Shorthorn cattle breeding project proceeded according to plan during the last year. The project has been planned to facilitate the collection of production data that will be used to devise and test breeding ...
Methods of wintering steer calves that are to be grazed a full season and sold off grass.

Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F.; Good, D.L.; Holland, L.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Four lots of 10 Hereford steer calves per lot were used in the study. The calves were part of 220 purchased from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas. They cost 29 cents a pound delivered to Manhattan November 3, 1952. From ...
The most efficient level of winter protein feeding for yearling steers wintered and summer grazed on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F.; Holland, L.A (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Yearling steers have been successfully wintered at this station on dry bluestem pasture for the past five winters by feeding 1 1/2 to 2 pounds of cottonseed or soybean oilmeal per head daily. The objective of this test ...
The most efficient level of winter protein feeding for yearling steers wintered and summer razed on bluestem pasture.

Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F.; Holland, L.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Twenty head of good quality Hereford yearling steers were used in this study. They were purchased from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas, in the fall of 1952 as calves for 28 cents a pound. They were used in summer grazing ...
Ratio of roughage to concentrate for fattening heifers.

Richardson, D.; Smith, E.F.; Cox, R.F.; Keating, E.K. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Fifty Hereford heifers were divided into five lots as equally as possible on the basis of weight, size, conformation, and previous treatment. These heifers were wintered as calves on the following rations: (1) alfalfa ...
The relationship of physical balance and energy value in sheep rations

Bell, T.D.; Richardson, D.; Hughes, J.S.; Parrish, D.B. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Lamb-fattening rations varying in proportions of roughage to concentrates have been studied in this project for several years. Experimental evidence shows that a ratio of 55 percent roughage and 45 percent concentrates ...
The value of ammoniated molasses in beef cattle wintering rations

Richardson, D.; Smith, E.F.; Baker, F.H.; Cox, R.F.; McReynolds, K.L. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)

Forty head of good quality Hereford heifer calves were purchased from near Pueblo, Colo. They were divided as equally as possible into four lots of 10 heifers each. The starting ration for each lot is shown in Table 12. ...

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