Feeder lambs: Research seeks cause of break among lambs on irrigated pastures

Foote, R; Love, R; Miller, R

Feeder lambs: Research seeks cause of break among lambs on irrigated pastures

Authors

R. D. Foote
R. Merton Love
Robert F. Miller

Authors Affiliations

R. D. Foote is Farm Advisor in Mendocino County; R. Merton Love is Associate Agronomist in the Experiment Station, Davis; Robert F. Miller is Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(4):7-7. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n04p7a. April 1948.

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Abstract

The evidence developed in two years of study—with three lots of lambs on a ranch in Mendocino County—indicates that there are a number of factors involved in the “break” which frequently interrupts the finishing of lambs on irrigated ladino and grass pastures.

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