Livestock Feeders’ Day, 1962

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Livestock Feeders’ Day, 1962

 

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  • Koch, B.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-06)
    One hundred forty feeder pigs weighing approximately 60 to 80 pounds each and averaging 12 weeks of age were randomly divided by weight into groups of 14 pigs each. The pigs had been vaccinated previously for hog cholera ...
  • Koch, B.A.; Moyer, W.A. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-06)
    The seventh group of pigs tested in the Kansas Swine Testing Station completed their test during the 1961-62 winter. The Animal Husbandry Department and the Extension Service cooperation in manging and supervising the ...
  • Koch, B.A.; Yu, J.T. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-06)
    Pigs used were both barrows and gilts, either Duroc or Black Poland China breeds. All pigs used in the study were approximately the same age when they went on test. The heavier pigs were assigned to lot 4. They were self-fed ...
  • Hillman, M.; Erhart, A.B.; Menzies, C. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-06)
    The 638 white-face feeder lambs used in these tests were received October 18, 1961, at the Zuni Indian Reservation south of Gallup, N.M. Average purchase weight was 71.2 lbs. per head. They arrived in Garden City, October ...
  • Drake, C.L.; Smith, E.F.; Richardson, D.; Good, D.L.; Follis, D.L. (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, 2011-05-06)
    This trial was designed to study the effects of low to high levels of calcium and phosphorus supplementation for heifers grazing bluestem pasture. Forty Hereford heifer calves were divided into four groups at random, and ...

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