Supplements on fall range

Wallace M. Johnson

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Supplements on fall range

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Wallace M. Johnson

Year:

1954

Type:

Magazines or Trade Publications

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Rancher and Farmer. 8(14): 10.

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Abstract

Supplemental feeding of yearling heifers on fall range at the Manitou Experimental Forest during the fall season of 1953 increased weight gains 22.4 pounds per head, increased market values 75 cents per cwt., and resulted in $3.93 more value per animal after cost of feed had been deducted.

Keywords

supplemental feeding, grazing, livestock, range management

Citation

Johnson, Wallace M. 1954. Supplements on fall range. Rancher and Farmer. 8(14): 10.