The Hereford heifers used in this test were of good to choice quality from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas. They were delivered to Manhattan, Kansas, November 3, 1952, at a cost of 23 cents per pound. From that date ...

The objectives of this experiment are to determine the effects of different stocking rates, deferred grazing, and burning on livestock gains, productivity of pastures, and the bluestem vegetation itself.

Ten good quality Hereford heifer calves were divided into two lots of five calves each fur use in this test. They were the lightest heifers of 80 head purchased from the Brite Ranch at Marfa, Texas. They were fed prairie ...

The tests this year compared whole milo with steam rolled milo, and with ground milo when fed with a standard roughage ration of ground sorghum stover plus a protein supplement and supplemental salt and limestone. The ...

The purebred Shorthorn cattle breeding project has proceeded according to plan this year. The project was planned to facilitate the collection of production data which will be used to devise testing and breeding procedures ...

Thirty head of good quality, about 750-pound, Hereford yearling steers were used in the test which was started December 7, 1951. The steers were purchased in the spring of 1951 and had been grazed on bluestem pasture ...

Twenty head of good quality Hereford yearling steers, 10 head to a lot, were used in this study. They originated in southeastern Colorado and were purchased as calves in the fall of 1951 for 42 cents a pound. They were ...

Experiments designed to test the need and value of salt in the rations of feeder lambs have been conducted by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station for the past three years. The tests have shown that feedlot gains ...

The physical balance or ratio of roughage to concentrates is an important factor to consider in the ration of fattening cattle. Beef cattle serve as one of the principal means of marketing roughage. Since a large amount ...

Since the preparation of the original report on the lamb feeding studies at the Garden City Station, additional information has been obtained concerning the effect of stilbestrol upon the reproductive organs of wether ...