Arizona republican., 1919-08-17

part of the state, the Grand Canyon, to Flagstaff, Winslow, Holbrook, Spring erville, Fort Apache, Globe, upper Gila valley, Klondike. Fort Grant, Wilcox, Cochise. Benson. arriving at Tucson September after a trip of 2,500 miles, and four weeks trip over the field
 T regard the trip so far as having been highly successful" said Dr. R. H. Williams. head of the department of animal husbandry for the college of agriculture. Tt is the first course of it's kind ever given in any state, and has, to my mind, enormous possibilities in teaching the subject of range live stock management and care.
 Tt takes the students out onto the ranges of the stoekmen where they can learn at first hand how livestock is produced, how animals are selected for breeding for the best returns, and the proper care and management of them during the various seasons when forage is both abundant and scarce.
 Caring for Bad Seasons
 "One of the chief problems is to se- cure feed for the animals during pe- riods of drouth. This is done, for the most part, by purchasing cotton seed meal, alfalfa hay or other commercial feeds and shipping it to the animals on the range
 "One O: the best methods, however. is to raise supplementary crops, such as the grain sorghums, corn or sudan grass, and storing the feeds produced in silos. It so happens that these feeds can be produced only in seasons of abundant rainfall and it is necessary to store them until needed, and the silo is the best known method of storage to retain the full feeding value of the crops.
 Tn this way these home grown feeds have a special value, for these feeds, in small amounts. will be sufficient to keep the animals alive that will other wise staf-ve. Stockmen are realizing that dead animals yield no profits, and the men who remain in the business ..iust put an end to the periodic losses during the sparse seasons"
 Trip Started Last Monday
 The trip began at Tucson last Mon- day and took in the Santa Rita experi- mental pasture of the National forest When this pasture, of 50 sections, was fenced in 1904 it required fully SO acres to carry q COW, but at the present time, through proper methods 20 acres will 1ctu d tOM DtLtcI tBdH pU ulQ.
 Besides this, there is a reserve of feed which is a guarantee against pe- riods of olrouth. Last summer none of the animals on this pasture starved, but on the surrounding pastures of similar land at least Is per cent died. The calf crop within the pasture is fully 50 per cent higher than on adjoin- ing ranges.
 Banning Vail of the Empire outfit, discussed how they managed their big herd. The feed in the Empire county is unsuually good this year the party found. Several dry farms were visited en route. and their methods of stock production studied
 o. Ashourn of the Rail-X outfit took the boys over his range and discussed his methods of handling his herd of cattle. He showed them a phenomenal spring which is sufficient to irrigate 800 acres of bottom land owned by the company. The company is planning to put this area under irrigation to grow ensilage crops to carry their stock l through the bad seasons.
 At San Rafael Ranch.
 The boys also visited the San Rafael pure bred Hereford farm which main tains the largest herd of registered Herefords in the world, 1.400 in number. C. c. Chase shaved the students how they keep exact records on such a large number of animals. Men ride the pasture each day, and when a calf is born take a record of the date of birth, sex and breeding. The tails of these newborn calves are bobbed to distin- guish them from others. Before wean- ing, the calf is tatooed in each ear and ko,- ,fv this same number is branded on the left side and the year in which it is born. For instance, all calves born this year are branded "19."
 When two years old the same num- Der is branded on the horn. The heifer calves are maintained in Mexico until ready to breed at the age of two years, when they are brought to the San Rafael ranch and put into pastures for breeding purposes. The grant, con- sisting of over 2o,00O acres, is fenced into 27 pastures.
 Given Banquet
 The party visited the West Coast Land and Cattle company, the Aravaca company and the Los Jarillas outfit, the La Lossa and the La Margharita outfits owned by J. M. Ronstadt, post master of Tucson. MT. Ronstadt gave the boys banquet and showed them the effect of using registered Hereford bulls with Mexican cows.
 Last year the calf crop on this outfit was so Ter cent, and this year will probably be higher. His range is well watered by mountain streams and seven large tanks. After another ban quet at the ranch of the La Lossa Land and Cattle company the party landed again in Tucson and started north the next morning,