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Circular No. 43 - Feeding Work Horses, W. E. Carroll
Circular No. 43 - Feeding Work Horses, W. E. Carroll
UAES Circulars
The intelligent feeding of the work horses of the State of Utah would save each year thousands of dollars in feed and prevent sickness and death of hundreds of horses.
In Circular 32 of this station a brief discussion is given of some of the more theoretical aspects of the feeding of farm animals as they might apply in general to all classes of livestock. Consideration is given to such questions as the composition and digestibility of feeds, the uses to which the digested portions are put in the animal body, the calculation and balancing of rations, how to judge …
Circular No. 41 - Soil Alkali, F. S. Harris
Circular No. 41 - Soil Alkali, F. S. Harris
UAES Circulars
The farmer of the West is likely to be very much upset at the mention of alkali, mineral, or salt, in connection with his land. These various names are applied to a condition which he usually knows little about except that it is bad. The exact nature of the substances called by these names and the character of the injuy caused by them are very vague in his mind; but he knows that he wants nothing to do with alkali if he can help it.
The prevalence of alkali throughout the arid parts of the world makes it impossible for …