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Management And Performance Of Swine At Ames Plantation, Everett E. Carrell

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to observe management practices and evaluate performance of straightbred and crossbread swine in the swine research program of the Animal Husbandry-Veterinary Science Department at Ames Plantation, Grand Junction, Tennessee. Data from straightbred Duroc, Hampshire, and Landrace and crossbred H X D and H X P X L pigs farrowed in the fall of 1956 and sold in the spring of 1957 at Ames Plantation were used in this study.

The author observed and assisted in all phases of management and production throughout one season. The management practices used are practical and could be adopted …

Management And Performance Of Beef Cattle At Ames Plantation, Everett E. Carrell

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to observe and participate in management practices, to become familiar with performance testing, and to evaluate bull groups used for one calf crop in the beef cattle research program of the Animal Husbandry Department at Ames Plantation, Grand Junction, Tennessee. Data from the 1958 spring calf crop were used. A feeding test in progress was also included in this study.

The author observed and assisted in all phases of management throughout one calving season. There was considerable variation in performance of the nine bulls used in this study. Indexes on the progeny of the …

Capital Requirements On A Grade A Dairy Farm, Everett E. Carrell

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine if it was possible to secure a satisfactory return on capital invested in converting a cotton farm to a modern dairy, cotton, and hog system of farming. One of the eight farm management units located on the Ames Plantation in West Tennessee which was supervised by the University of Tennessee in cooperation with the Hobart Ames Foundation was used in the study. The unit was one formerly rented to a tenant for a standing rent of two bales of cotton. A new farming system was developed providing for a 50-50 sharing of …

Effect Of Feeding Various Hay-Concentrate Rations On The Production And Composition Of Milk, K. C. Mathew

Masters Theses

Introduction: The composition of cow's milk and the variations to which it is subjected are questions of great importance. This is true both from the standpoint of physiology and from the standpoint of human nutrition. For these reasons the composition of milk has been subjected to careful investigation for a long time.

Factors Affecting The Performance Of Broilers, G. R. Nair

Masters Theses

The efficiency of broiler production has increased greatly in recent years and can be attributed to advancements in the areas of breeding, management, nutrition, and disease control. No single factor in any one of these areas can be said to account for the major share of this increased efficiency but rather it is the combination of a large number of factors such as breeding techniques, and breed improvement, of improved management practices, and of advances in nutrition and disease control.

The optimum combination of conditions or factors for broiler production is seldom, if ever, realized. Information which might have been …

Commercial Supplement Versus A Home-Mixed Supplement Plus Corn Free Choice For Finishing Swine, Felix Eugene Knight

Masters Theses

(From Introduction)

In Tennessee there are approximately 1,182,000 hogs reported on farms, valued at $33,214,000. In Rutherford County, there are approximately 22,500 swine reported on farms valued at $600,000.

Swine suffer from nutritient deficiencies much more frequently than cattle or sheep, chiefly because they cannot utilize large amounts of roughages. They grow much more rapidly than do cattle or sheep and the B-complex vitamins are synthesized in their digestive tracts to a much less extent than in the four-fold stomach of ruminants.

Swine production in Middle Tennessee is becoming more important with nine counties selling pigs through feeder …

The Response Of 4-H Campers To The Camp At The 1959 Middle Tennessee 4-H Club Camp, Felix Eugene Knight

Masters Theses

In Tennessee there are five district summer 4-H Club Camps which correspond to the five Agricultural Extension Districts. District II includes 22 counties of the Middle Tennessee area, and the other four districts are located in East Tennessee and West Tennessee.

Practically all of the 22 counties of Middle Tennessee have assistant county agents and assistant home agents who serve as 4-H Club agents. While school is in session, the assistant agents spend considerable time meeting with 4-H Clubs and working with various other activities. But when school turns out for the summer vacations, one of the primary duties of …

An Evaluation Of Forage Management, Felix Eugene Knight

Masters Theses

(From Summary)

The purpose of this study was to analyze two beef farms and two dairy farms, in order to compare the following: (1) the per cent of TDN supplied from pasture, roughage, and concentrates; (2) cow acre days pastured; (3) TDN per acre pastured; and (4) the pounds of concentrates and roughages fed to produce beef and milk.

Estimated yield of pasture per acre in terms of TDN's was 1,472 pounds on beef farm 1; 1,652 pounds on beef farm 2; 717 pounds on dairy farm 1; and 876 pounds on dairy farm 2. This indicates beef …