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Volume 4, Number 1 ...................... VVinter 1958 F
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A report of progress published quarterly by the Kentucky Agricultural
Experiment Station, University of Kentucky, Lexington
l{I·ZN'I`U(jl{Y AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT Materia] appearing in this nnhiieatihn may he _
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. . ARHIGUS ...... , ......................... SSOC13 6 l1'€C Of ,•th , i b , th h t `
\Vu.i.rA1xr A. Sims ........... . ........................ Adm. Assistant `H Out apprma l C aut or
]. ALLAN SMITH ..............................,. Agricultural Editor Address correspondence about articles in this puh- »_
Kentucky Farm and Home Science lication to either the authors orlthe Department of  
. Public Information and Educational Aids, Experi-
josnm-1 C. Duncan ................................................ Editor tst . B .ld. U ._ . {K k L _   -
Omnuu jonnson & Bmw F. Emznnrmrrr Asst. Editors {mm anon ul mg' mlersny O cmuc Y’ cl"
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_' ])€l`|IIl€ll[ Station 111 lSl55. lwo varieties are being $1   ,‘• ere — ·      _j,,...\e v. _ ·
_ used, lllltl tl1e plants are l)(‘.‘lllg grown under three _. 1, V    gw   ·. "y~y_•$"!_ ·¤
, K tlll`l€I`€I]L systems: (I) with a11 8—111cl1 sawdust mulch; & e·   ·. · ii ,**1. _     .   _ ,
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and teachmg are mcluded 111 4 V11_ __   ,I%,E __:_:E .1 »- V·.. " - »   »_V»V    ._ __1’ 3,;..:; V;__;  
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By ANIMAL NUTRITION s1ac:T1oN   -.‘’‘ ‘ ‘’‘»‘’‘‘‘;h“‘‘             - ‘
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One ol tl1e great transitions 111 modern agriculture   »==»1»       —-   .‘   ·.       Y 1
· ·   · . ..     -·-· :=- - ~11 M , ° ¤  ¢»1 1.:..  » , .     ·z‘ lz ‘
has been from tl1e concept ol feeds and leedmg to .I   11’_-V;V   ani e   I-   - _     Q
“nutrients llIl(l nutrition."           ·    
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As late as 25 years ago, a livestock producer needed   - ‘°._ == Ji _’’‘’-‘ v   .1‘· t ’···-   ·’   »   Y w i ;  ·‘· * W
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Ollly a l111nted l(ll()\Vl€(lg€ ol a lew important leeds to     ·» 1=’’     Q  .·...·. . { ..A_.A,   4,»-
formulate profitable rations for l1is cattle, swine, sheep, V ‘         ·``’ i ‘   '   ‘»°‘   I
2lll(l poultry. However, profitable livestock feeding »   _.°‘ @ 2    =e_-.   A.A‘A   ’··;·`‘    }';*cii*   *1
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|‘l58-style requires tl1at the l-'lI`lll€l` have ·t k11owledge 1 Y       ‘··‘  ’?1 · ` "   .   ·
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ol proteins, carbohydrates, lats, vitamins, n1111erals, 4   .  j r    $.1; _;A-.
. . . ..  mis  ’`,.   1 ig   .»-..   . ;:
antibiotics a11d hormones.  ·‘ =     ‘ _
l11 response to those needs, some years ago the Ken- These steer metabolism stalls are being used in nutrient (·
Lucky [.\gl~i(-ulllu-ul iixpcriulcnt Station initiated gl l)2Il2ll1C€ lllld (llgCS[llt)1ll[>y [I`lLllS. lt 1S IICCCSSRIYT [hill UTIIIC »
· · and feces be collected lor analysts.
research and teaching prograni directed toward the {
a11imal 11utritio11 problems of the state. ¥Vith unpre- . , . . '
. . .. . . . . the .·\llllll2ll lndustry (.roup. lhe more recent ad- __
tentious lacihties, tl1e persom1el ol the Annnal Nutri- . . ’ , . .
. , . . . . , . vances in the .-\n1mal Nutrition research program have .-1
ll()ll 5€(T[l()ll ol tl1e University s :\Illlllill lndustry I , . I I .I. II I I IKCIICII CIIOII
_ . . . . ’ >een lll rnmnrtn nu r1 l()Il l`()ll ·1 co · ‘ ‘
(.roup have l)C€ll conducting basic llLl[l`l[l()Il research. _ I _ I I I, I I .1 II ii H N
. . . . lll )2lSl(` researc1 ant 1ec 1 tves . ·a o s. ·
held investigations, llllll both a graduate and under- g`
graduate teaching program. Low-quality Roughuge Utilization
lll il(l(llll()Il to those activities, the .-\nimal Nutrition .-\n abundance of low—c1uality roughages is available
Section maintains a research service laboratory for the for sheep and cattle feeding in Kentucky. Information
.·\nimal Husbandry, Poultry a11d Dairy SC(`[l()llS of as to the most efhcient 11se of these ronghages i11 111ai11-
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Several thotnsand analyses l`or ,_,`¢ ’     _ _ -.-- · I   _.’·’    
tl1e presence of cl1e111ical ele-  9 _ .b.. A       F       . li ’ ·`i‘,_"
ments and otl1er SUl.)S('lIl(`CS · re lt  i   ""* tk " ‘     ii, ’ l i l {Ay?   l 2*
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shows a worker doing copper » I     Il     I · ‘* Att- -     I  I ; . k w !  
and molvbdenuni analyses. ..   _ ,. _   · J ’   . ’?·· J
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Fi

 V       { S g_V_-.  ¤     ing 80 percent roughage the lollowing eomlusions
-— vs . _   ‘ A V _       A       `      may be set forth:
p- C     QV     _ __;   Q. `_   1, Supplemental protein aml carbohydrate above
. V •*· ...;     .:.k _ _,».   .a · V Q.  2 . . . . ' .
_   ’’=`·   ui __-   {     ··V,   the requtrentents lor maintenance dtd not nnprove .
-6 , ` `“ i the utilization ol the low-quality timothy hay.
t ‘ -     , ».t,__ _   ‘· Z 2. Neither dtsttllers dried solubles, live veast nor
 `     H  Wit-    e l. i` ‘   allalla ash improved utilization ol any ol the three
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7 I _,__l _ ’._Vl   sa low-quality roughages (cormobs, cottonseed hulls aml
4- ~   .»      _.(__`°;___‘; i;1_;;;-%-.,.4 low-quality timothy hay).
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· ’·=· *     ''‘.`'`` i     ..,   ··l* . ’.··' ` ‘»`» V :l. l)1g€$[ll)1lll\' ol corncobs was not nnproved bv
"”°' V V   ,.,._     · _ supplementing rations with allalla ash or a trace
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b ‘   V‘ V.·» 5           ·   .v Nj Illll]€l`2ll llllXllll‘€.
V V · -:_-__ V; . ;-      ;j=-sg;-;_  w- ‘ L VV__   .]_ lm-y·g;tsiug the starch content ol a c`ol‘ll<‘<>l) l‘1lll0ll c
V ‘   »·_-V.   ,   `; =  V__V_ _ _VV_ _     decreased the digestibility ol the hbtous pottton ol V
,,, - V i a.VA- T ’     °--si :.. . `’’‘  g-#g i*;ji  ‘°‘‘:-- _;   corncobs. W he comhtion was alleviated by the addi-
V V c i               tion ol allalla ash or a trace mineral mixture.
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. . . . . . . lt was apparent that the mineral needs ol the runn-
These individual sheep teeders are used lor lattenmg aml _ _ ,
I- ,. ·b·l- ,   1. nant led a low-quality roughage was increased by sup-
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plemental energy. l·or maximum elhetency ol ingested
  p . -   ---1 ____>_ I   .__V_   -V-—.V   _V_.   ‘_V__   V.-» nutrients in a lattening regime, the mineral intake
. “    `'*‘. J Z     i     ' must be adequate aml balanced.
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° ,,--     l ‘   Fattemng and Maintenance Rahons Plus Additives
5 `   °‘‘‘ i   ;|     A ...... A-\dditives such as antibiotics, diethylstilbestrol aml
" it ___(  °_e° T `‘‘i   ‘‘‘‘’‘‘‘‘ i   'l`orula yeast have been a much worked topic in rttmi-
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V ;VV    _V-V     `"Vr;°=·`   V    ‘»’‘‘ ¤   F nant ntttrttton the past tlnee \’€rll>.
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it V I  “ li;          ·-   lhe lollowmg observations may be made lrom the
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4.} ‘   r       f ‘¥ »`-=    @-5;   Q   gg numerous lsentuckv trials which have been conducted
V  ‘         = < ’·‘`·   .     _     . . ‘ . . . .
A _      .. "’*"i   ‘   ‘t»‘     with sheep led maintenance aml lattetnng rattons.
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V; ‘   i`’‘         lhe utilization ol a maintenance ration containing
VLM       -   ,_   A   80‘Q, corncobs was: (I) signilicantly decreased by sup—
` ‘     .V.V  V-     p|(·m;;·ntal aureomycin or aurolac 2.\ (5 <>l‘ lll lllg lll
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  __:(__(_:)__ -:   ‘   p Lllll€()lll)’(`lIl—l"l(.l pet pound ol tation), and (2) not .
*·v · .,;. .   ·=·— 1     -,[_ _;._ if"`   allected by supplementation with 2.5 or 5.0 mg die-
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Sheep metabolism crates hemg used lor nutrient balance A; _ V
aml digestibility work.   1 ’ _
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V tenance aml lattennig rations is nnportant to the live-  _ ,.V A (,v, , _   i   l i
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stock economy ol lsentuckv. lhe .\nnnal Nutrition _     *   ··—’ V  ,»*~’
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_. low-t ualitv ron shares have been extensively studied i i   .V " »’V  
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—corm·obs, cottonseed hulls aml timothy hay. lixperi- i l V Y  ```'` ` -· ` `   'V W4;
mental results have shown that the librous portion,      
_ that portion containing energy in the lorm ol complex , sr V-\ Q /- _  
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gy FRANK ;;_ B()RR]E5_ ]R_ house-cheek plot, 3.0 pounds; sugar only, 3.5 pounds;
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nuxture on greenhouse tomato plants, together with Tom [ . 1 1 t. I '*
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nnheantly last year at the lhuverstty ol lsentueky Agri-
(`lllllIl`1lI lixperitnent Station.   I   s
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per plant ol earIv—harvested tomatoes: *4 ,. · Ef, _.;{ ;   --A‘ ,   `A.-.  ,. ‘
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combined wnth a lll)I`ll\()ll(‘—l)()l`()ll preparatton. 5.7
rounds; and a su `1ll`-lll>l'lllUll(‘·l)t)l`Oll rotnhination with T°I“uwc° OI} lh? light were the result °f thc Sugar'h°"“°"°`
I 8 .
l_ p _l_ _ (_ _; l` boron combination. In contrast to the fruit from the check
(lll I/U' l" Imum   _ plots (left), fruit from the treated plots was larger and
T0ll\2\l0{*S gl`0W!l lll L1 SlLlllLl1U`(l-type pl1tS[lC green- Hcshicn Syyeetcr and had fewer se€dS_
G KENTUCKY Fsmt AND Hosts; Sc11;Ncr;—-\V1Nrm< 1958

 hormone-boron, 3.1 pounds; and sugar·hormone-boron- nature, slightly soluble in methyl alcohol, dialysable,
··¤. fertilizer, 3.3 pounds. and adsorbable on charcoal. The factor studied in
j gv Glass-house early yields were larger because the the laboratory was shown to produce bloat in sheep
'_ plants were set sooner and the harvest period was when given to the animal via a stomach tube. This
3 longer. type of study is an excellent example of how animal
MH Total Yields Higher studies and purely laboratory techniques may be co- U
’ ___ As for total yields, the plants averaged about 18 Ordmatcd m H C?nC€"€id_ cllolihm Solve Qllc Ol the
lm Pounds of fruit Per plant, considerably above the many complex problems in rummant nutrition.
ty?} usual 12 pounds—per-plant average of spring crops. Field Investigations
-* The highest total yield, nearly 19 pounds per plant, For many years the Kentucky livestock producer has
{ was obtained in one of the plastic greenhouses. while been plagued by losses from grass tetany. Five years "
the highest yield in the glass greenhouse was about ago the Animal Nutrition Section with the Animal
· 17 pounds. Pathology Department initiated an investigation of
fi The sugar was in the form of a 0.125 molar solution. grass tetany in Kentucky. The most logical approach
—.q· The hormone-boron material, a commercially mar- seemed through production of the condition in con- _
keted product, consisted of a synthetic growth-regulat- trolled experimental animals. After three years` in-
{4 ing substance and a soluble boron compound. The vestigation it became apparent that uncomplicated
l yy product was developed by Dr. Emmert and a patent grass tetany could not be produced in ewes under
n protecting it has been applied for by the Kentucky practical or semi-synthetic feeding regimes on the
· Research Foundation of the University of Kentucky. University of Kentucky experimental farm. Therefore,
· yl;. The commercial fertilizer consisted of various soil ap- the greatest progress was made through field investi-
plications of ammonium nitrate, 43% acid phosphate, gation.
' and potassium sulfate. ln all cases of grass tetany in cattle studied in 1955
.,. According to Emmert, the hormone (a synthetic) from the field the symptoms of grass tetany were ob-
acts to stimulate growth; the boron activates the served by an attending veterinarian. Only 2 cases of
N hormone and helps in the assimulation of sugar by the 20 exhaustively studied responded to accepted
·•·$ the plants, and the sugar provides a source of carbohy- therapy for grass tetany cases. A typical symptom of
F drate for growth when photosynthesis is curtailed, the Great Plains grassy tetany is a deficiency of 1nag—
3 such as during days of short-light periods. nesit1m in the blood. ln most of the cases studied near
‘ -{,>—· Associated with Dr. Emmert is Dr. Dudley Martin Lexington the blood serum magnesium was normal.
and (lornelius \\’ilson, _[r., technician, also of the However, it was noted that a dehciency of copper
Horticulture Department. existed in most of the cases investigated. This low-
`. . blood copper and the poor response to accepted ther- A
yl Work of Allilllal Nutrition S€CIl0Il apy for grass tetany indicated the presence of a com-
_ _ i (C0’lll'""’d 7c'°”l Pagc 5) plicated grass tetany syndrome in Kentucky cattle.
fs. thylstilbestrol per animal daily via the feed or a 2.59/,, Research Service Laboratory
w Sllllplclllelll Gt Tulilllll YCRSL The staff of the Animal Nutrition Section operates
. Di€¤11>’l$¤ilb€S¤‘¤l al the level Ol 0-5 mg Pcl llollllll in conjunction with the teaching program a research
"\· al il S€ll‘l€‘l¤ P€ll€l€‘li lilllclllllg lalloll that mmilllled and service laboratory for the Animal Husbandry,
{ $11% lilllillcllbs Slglllgclllllllf lnclicllscll lll? Killlls of Poultry and Dairy Sections. Analyses lor major and
- l€€d€1 lfllllbb llllllllg ‘l 59*laY lccdlllg P€llOd· minor elements, protein, ash, moisture, crude fiber.
Bloct crude fat. cellulose, lignin, and plant pigments. and
. .-\n ever—prevalent problem in a pasture program determinations to indicate the characteristics of ani-
` using legumes such as alfalfa and 1.adino clover, mal tissues are conducted for research workers in .~\ui-
bloat has been studied through laboratory and animal mal lndustry. During the year of 1957. 11,000 deter-
· investigations for the last 3 years. These investigations minations, or approximately 4,000 samples. were
prompted the Animal Nutrition Section to report in analy/ed. Its research program, coordinated with its
. . ` 1055 that one of the factors contained in alfalfa that expanding graduate program, has pushed tl·e Animal
· was involved in the production of bloat had the fol- Nutrition Section forward to recognition. \\'ith ex-
lowing properties: panded and adetptate facilities, more research data.
lt is heat—stab1c, soluble in water, nou—protein in basic and applied may be evident.
Kicxrucxr Faust AND Hosta Sc:rr»:r·:<:r1:—\Vrr~11aaa 1958 7 ’

 B'¤*=**·=·‘*·€S*<·**‘·=·**··<=**r¥’ Vamed Research
(Continue!] from page 3) W .
acidity level approaching the optimum pH lor blue-   R 0 t d _ yy,
. . . . ¤~ _
berries. l he plots where the pH exceeded 0.5 suffered J *   I. 6 __
considerably from chlorosis the first two years until ss · 
the soil became more acid. (Zonsequently, it is not Br FRANK B- BORRIES, ]R- M
t     ‘;·'··lt 2t. t   bl rr`; r . . I.
"’l“l‘_lf°‘}Ul _l’l “l“_‘l_ _"l lglllll lll ling; Q llcélc llel Researchers at the lsentuckv Agricultural Experi-
.‘ z * · · 1 ex ·e.‘.‘ .-. ` tr - · ' ” . . . 
llll `lll lllllllg flll; l_lllll‘l Ill l_ ll _"° " O h ( Olmkl ment btatron recently completed a number ol varied A  
"8illl el l‘(” wl llllll”l l llelllllllb lm (lll lll md C projects concerning certain crop and animal produc- (Li,
ml _l’€°’l”‘) tion problems, summarized as follows: ,
lhe blueberry plants have responded best to the , e . , . , _ vie
, . . . . Forage er0ps—lhe lour allalla varieties recom- ,
treatment ol 8 rnches ol sawdust mulch wluch was rr- . , . . _
. , . mended lor lsentucl