_ air circulation, and humidity conditions. The high- hind—about 10 bushels an acre. (The present research
V hu1nidity—ho11se lettuce was twice the size of the hasn’t gone long enough for recommendations to be
standard glass greenhouse lettuce, though Emmert made.) i
· ` says the test was not accepted completely since the Doll believes the effectiveness of the fall applica-
glass greenhouse was a little warmer generally than tioll will depend largely on the amount of growth the
S lettuce needs for good growth. new wheat crop makes in the fall and the a1no11nt of
winter rainfall. A small amount of nitrogen i11 the fall
K COMPLETE SUPPLEMENT LIKED definitely will help the newly planted wheat get estab-
IN SWINE-GRAZING TESTS lished, but a spring application probably will have a ’
A complete supplement given to test pigs in alfalfa- better effect on wheat yields.
pasture test probably was the best combination from
several standpoints. C. E. Barnhart (Ani1nal Indus- SHEARING BEFORE BREEDING
try Section), releasing results of three years’ trials, MAY HELP CERTAIN EWES .
said the supplement cost less than other mixtures, pro- Shearing prior to breeding may be beneficial to pi-O-
duced as much gain, and required less feed per 100 lll0te earlier breeding for only certain types of ewes)
pounds of gain. An antibiotic had been mixed with it. l>€lleVeS P. C. \VO0lfolk (A11i1nal Industry Section),
The other supplements included a 50-50 supple- “’ll0 SRYS that the teSt’S results were VZ`l1`l€(l—;`tl](l pei--
ment (meat scraps, soybean oil meal and an anti- ll&lpS puzzling.
biotic); a soybean meal, limestone and antibiotic mix; For lllstfilleei Sllezlrillg Montana ewes prior to
_ and a complete ration 1nix composed of ground yellow bi`€‘€€llllg l`e$lllte¤¤~ M···L·¤Ar·¤~ mpiziiv ii.ii.;`i.lZ-`L-Z§ZL"`IT£§ZEE?1ii.fTf.2.,,‘l'f’ii£ZT‘Y.£i'.'
MAY BE MOST USEFUL ON WHEAT -I-hg Iéw . t 1; L_ _H ")__` _   ' (l   _ . il  
pom o1 .1 ptisons sampled was lo1 tht
~ A $Pl`lll§i ¤1)l)ll€*‘llOll Of UltI`Og€“ to Wllwt HWY be age grouping from 30 to 39, although milk drinking
gt thc l>eSt 2lllSWel` to llltrogell lceftllliillilml vt Such Qmlll remains relatively low for all adults. Generally. th;
_ €1`0P$· 7 lower rates of consumption were consistent with the
'r° Tlw l"`*l$"ll~ llccfmllllg lll E- C- Doll (Ai—U`9ll9mY expressed bclicfs of respondents that adults needed
l I Department): less milk than children and tccn-agcrs.
ln tests checking value of s11ch applications—onc
»-* conducted two years at Cainpbellsvillc and one for a Adull Milk D'l“l(l“9
e single year at Crccnville—the spring application pro- \Vhc11 asked about their own milk drinking, fewer
Q duced more wheat than those plots which got uit1·o- than half of the husbands and about one third of
gen in the fall only. Doll said it also appeared the the wives among the white families drank milk niost
best rate was 40 pounds available nitrogen (about 12() every day. Among thc ncgroes only one out of four
' pounds of anunoniiun nitrate). The 80-pound (avail- (25 percent) of both the husbands and wives drank
able) application did not do any better than the -1()_ lllllk ll<‘21l‘l}’ <‘\‘<‘l`)' dily. Thirty—onc percent of thi-
` —» and the “Z(‘1`()“ appliezltiflll. (lf (:0lll'S(‘. WHS fur ll(‘— (Coil/i11m·<[m1]’u,g(·8)
* Kicxroctity F1-xiixr A-xxn leloxnc Scr1cNc:1·:—F.»x1.1. 1959 7
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