| Show Livestock Tour Gets Underway Thirty six persons from the Uintah Basin were among l O Utah farmers livestock and dairymen this week who began a busy schedule of visits land and studies at t rim rim- ches feed lots dairies and cx cx- cx stations In central California The tour organized by byI First Security Bank used I chartered busses to gather participants from various points throughout the stat state and departed as a caravan from Salt Lake City early Saturday afternoon Feb 23 After an overnight stay in Elko Nevada the group made its headquarters in Sacramento to for two days while visiting the University of California College of Agriculture and the California Dairy Breeders both at Davis and six other ranches in the area THE UTAH agriculturists were scheduled next for calls at 18 more ranches and silO sun sun- liar ilar operations in the San Joaquin Valley and through through- throughout out the central part of Calif- Calif California lornia ornia as far south as Los Angeles On Monday morning the First Security group was joined by over one hundred other ranchers who are tray tray- eling with the tour on a adaily adaily daily basis Western Live Live- Livestock I stock Journal is sponsor co-sponsor- Lag the Winter Study Group AT DAVIS they were tak taken en through the Agricultural Colleges College's new Batch which has a capac ity of 3 tons per hour At Atthe Atthe the Dair Research Center of the college the First Security tourists viewed new dairy barns whIch encompass seven acres of concrete Here ex cx animals are fed on pellet and water diets and affects of specially mixed compounds on the animals are studied At the California Dairy Breeders Stud also at Davis tour members viewed a col lection of prize hulls bulls used for artificial insemination studIes and laboratory work ques benefits and problems involved in artificial breed ing were yere dis discussed It wag waa noted that some of the ani- ani mi mats maIs on an display were leased for as high as per year |
