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Show USAC Gets Grant From Kennecott Copper in Research The Utah State Agricultural College in Logan will receive a new four-year research grant of $50,000 from Kennecott Copper Corporation, it was announced this week by L. F. Pett, General Manager Man-ager of the Utah Copper Division. The new grant will replace a $50,000 grant given the school in 1950, which expired in 1955. Mr. Pett said the new grant would support research into cattle and sheep performance testing, dodder control in alfalfa and the development of high energy local grown feeds for poultry- All three projects were recommended by officials of-ficials of the College and are considered con-sidered of vital importance to the state's agricultural and livestock industries. Performance testing was explained ex-plained as the only certain method for selecting breeding animals with high gaining ability through conducting con-ducting proper tests in which gains are measured. At the present time, purebred breeders select breeding However, gaining ability and ef-animals ef-animals largely on appearance, ficiency of feed utilization varies greatly within animals with good body conformations. It was explained the characteristic character-istic cf gaining ability is highly heritable. It is, therefore, possible to greatly improve the profits from Utah's livestock industry by use of bulls and rams with high gaining ability. In connection with dodder control con-trol in alfalfa, it was pointed out that Utah was formerly a leading alfalfa seed producing center. Annual An-nual production still exceeds five million dollars although insects, pests and other problems have reduced re-duced the volume. Dodder is a parasite par-asite which obtains its food supply sup-ply from the host plant after the seedling stage. Mechanization of alfalfa seed production has greatly increased the seriousness of this problem. Research involves studying study-ing field treatments so that more fully effective controls can be devised. de-vised. Development of high energy local grown feeds for poultry can result re-sult in greater local agricultural income. High .energy feeds have decreased de-creased the feeding period for broiler's and turkeys by three or more weeks, it was explained. At the present time, principal ingredients for these feeds are being be-ing shipped into Utah. Through research, it is believed new local crops can be developed which will replace the ingredients now being shipped in. Other Kennecott grants include $50,000 to the Biigham Young University Un-iversity at Provo for metallurgical research; $15,000 to the Westminster Westmin-ster College for aid to engineering engineer-ing students and assistance to the Utah Water and Power Board; and $200,000 to the University of Utah. Dr. Daryl Chase, USAC president, presi-dent, and Dr. R. H. Walker, Dean and Director of the Division of Agriculture Sciences, expressed appreciation of the administration and the board of trustees on renewal re-newal cf the Kennecott grant. "The previous grant helped us to serve the people of Utah in a way that was not possible with our own facilities," Dr. Chase said. "We look forward to research programs pro-grams under the new grant which will result in benefits to Utah agriculture." |
