Show 1 ranchers asked of greater goal goa i 1 i in meat production by head the manlier in which the ilia cope through with their end of production will beatly effect our war effort preston bunting chairman 0 of the kane county t soil conservation districts district states athia nations range lands landa support tor for so some me part of the year about ab out 73 per cent ot of the ot of the te united states and 63 per cent ot of the beof cattle VroniA rom the hs range ws corner abare than 30 percent of the nabon nations 13 wool and 40 per cent of the ineat and the wool from 26 sheep la is r required to outfit each soldier in the armed borcea of als tha united states plus plug the fact that at present our army Is consuming approximately pounds of meat annually almost 1 I lb ib per man each day dy by these figures one con readily see eee tho the importance of our resource existing as aa grass and other forage points 0 out ut mr bunting at just what at point can a stockman manage to produce tew most pounds of nf meat pr por year that his big range Is capable of have the greatest return possible and safeguard hla his large hinves investments many of 0 us recall the expansion of herds that accompanied world war 1 the he following depleted forage drouth forced liquidation increased indebtedness and demoralized zed in a rk ei a trad gies from which the livee livestock tock industry has ip not recovered nore therefore foTe we i shou should ald profit by experience study our meeds me eds and guard our future each your year your range may be likened to 6 a haystack it will produce it lust just so BO much feed the f amount depending oh on many things 1 but principally the I tain aln and amount of grain cove coverage rage of worthwhile plants the number ot of pounds qt of maat mea produced from this h will depend on your stocking stacking of this as has been proved over and over again idour in our experiment stations t the following results havo bava been shown on experimental ranges and justified by the department Dep artmen of agriculture ri the connection between reduced teed feed per animal light weights low calf crops etc la is primarily the fact that about 60 per cent of the total feed consumed by a well nourished cow goes into maintenance and aad the remaining 4 10 0 percent per cent into grain oi or production if the amburt of teed feed available to the animal Is reduced by overstock in or low forage production the same amount of teed feed Is still re for maintenance leaving a jessor lesaar amount to toe be nellte reflected ted in gain to show the effect affect of feed per animal on production compare on the following chart the production obtained from lbs ibs of nutrients whon when fed to various sized herds I 1 number of cows in herd held ITEM loo nutrients per cow w lbs iba vis lbs ibs 1000 fiao balc ailt crop becent 90 60 30 calves raised number 90 71 41 44 heifer calves replacement no 16 19 23 calves for sale number 74 62 20 weight per calf pounds 4 00 hotl wt of calves sold lb ibb 9 0 0 00 5 tota wt cows cowa sold lbs T hotl wt cattle sold bold ibs out of many striking oompaul sons bona this table offers perhaps the most interesting Is alie the final one of total pounds ot of met sold the 10 0 cow herd with enough food feed to mat mature ure 1000 pound cows can produce more pounds of marketable beet beef than a herd of cows getting the haind total quantity of feed in which case the reduced flod per animal limits the individual cow weight to pounds it should not tie ba presumed that nutrition explains all of the variations ia in calf crops death losses or weights of anti animals nals ali although bough many factors actors of ranch management play a part a plenteous plene ous sup mea ment play a part a plenteous boup note to efficient production it if your rangos are not in top shape sh ipe strive to build them up easily applied measures should be adopted such as natural reseed ing by deac deterred and rotational grazing and artificial we cannot afford to pay taxes on section after section of poor forage there are other need such ss as fencing which may inay have to wait until means are arb available the supervisors 0 f the 0 kane county district can caa assist you with your range langei problems |