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Teaching Plans In Range Management For Utah High School Vocational Agricultural Programs, Jack A. Soper

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

Although several course of study outlines have been prepared to cover the subject of range management, the author has been unable to use them too effectively in teaching this important phase of vocational agriculture. Other teachers of vocational agriculture have expressed similar experiences and in group meetings have indicated a need for more teaching materials in range management and other important areas of agriculture.

Panguitch, Utah, where the author teaches, is located in Garfield County in the heart of a vast range area . There is a vital need for youth ar.d adults in the area to understand the important …

An Economic Analysis Of Selected Livestock Enterprises In Relation To The Available Feed Supplies, Utah, 1968, Ronald Jay Woolf

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

A study was made to determine the relative profitability and competitive position of cattle fattening, lamb fattening, and milk production in the state of Utah for 1968.

Production costs of cattle fattening ranged from $22.10 to $32.28 per hundred pounds of gain. Net return amounted to $19.65 per head. Lamb fattening costs ranged from $24.25 to $29.76 per hundred pounds of gain. Net return from lamb feeding operations averaged $2.06 per head. Cost of producing milk amounted to $4.90 per hundredweight while net return amounted to $.61 per hundredweight.

Measure of profitability used in comparison included $100 worth of feed …