Artificial shades for livestock

Ittner, N; Kelly, C

Artificial shades for livestock

Authors

N. R. Ittner
C. F. Kelly

Authors Affiliations

N. R. Ittner is Associate in the Division of Animal Husbandry, Experiment Station, Imperial Valley Field Station; C. F. Kelly is Agricultural Engineer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils and Agricultural Engineering, U.S.D.A. and Division of Agricultural Engineering, Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(5):5-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n05p5. May 1948.

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Abstract

Following is a progress report of a coiiperative study of the environmental factors influencing the development, production and health of animals in warm climates which was initiated in 1946 by the University of California, College of Agriculture and the USDA Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. The study is underway at the Meloland Field Station in the Imperial Valley.

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