Livestock Feeders' Day, 1946
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Item Open Access Pointers on how to produce a true-breeding herd of polled Herefords or Shorthorns.(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Ibsen, H.L.It is a well-known fact that Aberdeen-Angus cattle breed true for the polled characteristic. By that I mean that they never produce a calf with horns. Sometimes a purebred Angus bull will have scurs, but from a genetic standpoint he is still considered a polled animal. Scurs are objectionable and could be bred out of the Angus breed if no scurred bulls were ever used for breeding purposes. Removing the scurs with caustic does not change a bull’s breeding qualities.Item Open Access Summary-Lamb feeding experiments(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Cox, R.F.; Sloan, L.H.A number of years of lamb feeding experimental work involving grain comparisons, roughage comparisons, roughage comparisons and proportions of concentrates to roughage, conducted at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station are reported in detail in Table I, II and III. Some other phases of experimental work conducted at the Kansas station in recent years are summarized within.Item Open Access Comparisons of cottonseed meal and mixtures containing urea as nitrogenous (protein) supplements.(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Weber, A.D.Tests with urea in beef cattle rations have been conducted at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station since 1940. In the first test, urea was compared with cottonseed meal as a source of nitrogen for fattening calves. The calves were fed individually for 168 days. Basal feeds fed to each group included ground shelled corn, Atlas sorgo silage, cane molasses and a mineral supplement. Both groups received the same quantities of these feeds. In addition, one group received cottonseed meal as a source of nitrogen. A second group received urea and enough other materials to provide the same quantities of nitrogen, energy and minerals furnished by the cottonseed meal fed to the first group.Item Open Access Fattening yearling heifers for the summer market.(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Weber, A.D.In tests conducted at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station previous to the one reported herein, it was found that heifer calves fed 4 to 5 pounds of grain per head daily during the winter were too fleshy to turn on pasture, hence they could not be used advantageously for deferred full feeding in accordance with the system developed for steer calves. It may be noted in this connection that the standard system approved for good to choice steer calves consists of three phases: (1) producing 225 to 250 pounds of gain during the winter, which usually necessitates the feeding of 4 to 5 pounds of grain per head daily; (2) grazing 90 days without grain; and (3) full feeding 100 days in a dry lot.Item Open Access Influence of winter rations upon returns from wintering, grazing and full feeding yearling steers.(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Weber, A.D.The primary purpose of this experiment was to test the value of prairie hay in a ration for wintering yearling steers. The quantity of prairie hay available for cattle feeding in Kansas has increased greatly in recent years due to the declining horse population. Because of this trend, it is planned to continue these studies of prairie hay for several years to determine how it can be used to the best advantage.Item Open Access Results of swine feeding experiments, 1946.(Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2012-02-16) Aubel, C.E.In order to produce swine profitably, it is necessary to make use of forage crops. This practice will not only save grain, but will contribute to the general health of the swine themselves. Since the country has been at war, grain has not always been available. As a result, hog feeders are interested in methods of fattening that will utilize the maximum amount of pasture so that grain can be saved.
