Show Dairy Work at Woodward Okla Okia Much Helpful Information Gien In Report o of Vestern e tern Station Prepares by the United Stat States 8 J Department CP of Agriculture t Dal Dairymen yme operating farms In t the e vicinity of Woodward Oklahoma or under similar conditions In other ther p parts of f th the country will find helpful Information mation In the report of qt the dairy work at this station Results coVerIng covering cover coVer- ing lag the period from Cram 1921 1021 when congress congress con con- gress made the Initial appropriation for live stock work at ot Woodward to 1020 1926 are discussed In Circular No 12 C Dairy Worl Vork at nt the Woodward Field Station Okla 1 1921 21 to 1920 1926 which has Just been published published pub pub- by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment meat of Agriculture The rue experimental work covers corers feedIng feeding feed Iced ing and management problems records records records rec rec- of ot production studies on growth and cost t of raising heifers heIers pasture experiments with sudan grass winter wheat r rye e and sweet clover cIO and studies In breeding dairy cattle cuttle Made Advanced Records two Twenty two cows CO In the tile Wood vard herd have made advanced registry records showing an average yearly earl production of pounds of milk mille i and pounds of butter fat at an an average age of three years ears five months Cost of raising 17 heifers at nt th the farm averaged the th first t year and the second year making malting a u total of for two years Exp Experiments have haye been conducted conduct with a n view to dev developing a rotation of ot pasture crops that might furnish grazing for the whole year The experiments experiments experiments ex ex- ex- ex have bave shown however that winter wheat and winter rye are not dependable for fall and winter pasture pasture pasture pas pas- pas pas- ture since there was not sufficient growth In the fall and winter to furnish furnish furnish fur fur- nish good pasture In fact where her the wheat and rye were allowed to reach sufficient growth to provide plenty of feed for the cows March 9 D was the earliest date the pasture ture was avail avail- able Lack of moisture was the cause G cf of the slow v growth Heretofore there has been a gap between the last pasture pasture pasture pas pas- pas pas- ture day of winter wheat and mid rye and the first pasture day of sudan grass From the results of ot the one year ear that sweet clover was pastured It is thou thought lit that thai till this thir crop may fill the gap There Is a a possibility also niso tha that brome grass and crested wh wheat at grass may be be worked into nt th the rotation Place Bulls In Vicinity As a part of of the br breeding ding project the bulls born burn In the station herd herll arc are placed In the tile herds of ot dairy farmers In n the tile vicinity of Woodward In order to determine the transmitting ablit ability of these bulls for high milk aral anti butter butter butter but but- ter fat production The farmers receiving re reo the bulls agree to keep records records rec rec- of tile the pro production of ot both the daughters and their dams so that a n comparison may be made malle of of ot their pro pro- The fhe herd sire now being bein used at the Woodward station had hall been placed In a grade herd to test his ability as a sire of ot high tion The records of ot his first six daughters proved him The daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- averaged pounds of ot butter butterfat butterfat butterfat fat a year which was yas an Increase of pounds of butter fat or 50 per percent per percent cent cen more than tile the average of their dams A copy of the bulletin may be obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed by writing to the tile United States Department of Agriculture re Washington Washing Washing- ton D. D C. C |