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Cc144 Adjusting To Drought...Why Cull Your Herd Now?, K. C. Fouts, Philip Cole, Paul Guyer, C. W. Nibler, P. A. Henderson Dec 1956

Cc144 Adjusting To Drought...Why Cull Your Herd Now?, K. C. Fouts, Philip Cole, Paul Guyer, C. W. Nibler, P. A. Henderson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Extension Circular CC144 This circular is about adjusting to drought and why to cull your herd now.


Forty Years Of Dairy Cattle Breeding At The North Platte Experiment Station, Mogens Plum, Myron G.A. Rumery May 1956

Forty Years Of Dairy Cattle Breeding At The North Platte Experiment Station, Mogens Plum, Myron G.A. Rumery

Historical Research Bulletins of the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station

In 1913 the Nebraska Legislature appropriated $17,500 to establish a Dairy Department at the North Platte Experiment Station. The department's herd was to be used in demonstrating management and breeding practices and as a source of breeding stock. Since the North Platte herd was started, research in the field of animal breeding has developed new concepts in many phases of dairy cattle breeding and selection. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the progress made under a system of dairy cattle breeding and selection carried out according to the principles that dominated 40 years ago. The results of …