Show Kem ecott gives to ra for or farm farin the utah state agricultural college in logan will receive a new four tour year rc research gra grant of from copper corporation it was announced this week b i L h pott pett manager of the utah copper di vision the new grant will deplace grant given the school in 1950 which in IT 5 mr pett said the new cratit would iuppo huppert rt research into cot tie and sheep performance test tet ing dodder control in abfall alf alti and the development of higi high energy local irown grown fads foi poultry all thice projects were recommended bv officials of the college and are onside considered red of vital importance to the state s agricultural and livestock industries performance testing was ex as lie the only certain mr rne thod for selecting breeding am 1111 mals with high gaining ability through conducting proper tests in which gains arc are measured at the present lime time purebred bred breeders bleeders bre eders select breeding animals largely on appearance however gaining ability and efficiency of feed utilization varies greatly within animals with good body conformations I 1 it was explained the characteristic te of gaining ability is highly heritable it is therefore possible to greatly improve the profits from livestock industry by use of bulls and rams with high gaining ability in connection with dodder fodder control in alfalfa it was pointed out that utah was formerly a leading alfalfa seed producing center annual production still exceeds five million dollars although insects pests posts and other problems have reduced the volume is a parasite which obtains its food supply from the host plant after the seedling stage mechanization of alfalfa seed production has greatly increased the seriousness of this problem research involves studying field treatments so that more fulli effective controls can be devised development of high energy local grown feeds for poultry can debult in greater local agricultural income high energy feeds have decreased the feeding period tor for broilers and turkeys by three or more weeks it was explained at the present time principal ingredient ingredients for these feeds arc are being shipped into utah through research it is believed new local crops can be developed which will replace the ingredients now being shipped in other grants include to the brigham young university at provo for metallurgical research to the westminster college for aid to engineering students itu dents and assistance to the utah water and power board and to the university of utah dr daryl chase president and dr R 11 walker dean and director ut of the division of agriculture sciences expressed appreciation of the administration and the board of trustees on renewal of the grant the previous grant helped us to serve hue hie people of utah in a way that was not possible with our own facilities dr chase said we look forward to research programs under the new grant rant which will result in bene fits its to utah agriculture |