The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-29
LIVESTOCK STUDY
EXPANDED in N. E.
Research Program With Beef
Cattle Enlarged In
Western Section

An expansion of the research pro-
gram with beef cattle and sheep by
the North Carolina Agricultural Elk
pertinent station is announced by
Prof. Earl II. Hostetler, Of the ami
NAL husbandry department Of NC.
State college. The new work is cen
tered in western North Carolina,
where large numbers of beef cattle
and sheep r raised, but the re-
suits will be valuable to livestock
farmers all over the state, he ex-
planned.
A few of the projects were set up
last fall, but most of them have
been started since January /. The
Experiment station is using a part
of the funds appropriated by the
1889 general assembly for agricul-
tural research for these livestock in
vestigations.
Several Of the projects are in pas
ture fertilization, and in this work
the animal ~husbandry staff Of the
station is working in cooperation
with the agronomy department, with
W. H. Rankin in charge. These in
vestlgations are designed to deter
mine the effect Of pasture fertili.
cation on gains made by beef cattle.
Farmers Cooperate
Farms on which these expert
ments are being conducted are: j.
F. Cox of Furches, Allegheny coun-
ty; G.. D. Cox of Grassy Creek, Ashe
county; Crockett Campbell Of Hay
wood county; D. G. Bryson of Syl-
va, Hubert Potts of Dillsboro, and
r. N. Hanson of Cowarts, all in
Jackson county; Dewey Wallin of
Marshall, Route 8, Madison county:
Clyde Perry of Sugar Grove, Wa
tauga county; A. P. Hunnicutt of
huntsville, Route /, Yancey county,
and J. A. Gouge of Bakersville,
Route 1, and A. H. Byrd Of Pep
pers, both in Mitchell county.
The tests in Allegheny, Ashe,
Haywood and Jackson counties are
all comparisons between unfertilized
pastures, with pastures which re-
ceived applications of one ton of
ground limestone and the equivalent
Of 81 pounds of phosphoric acid per
acre. In Madison county the lime
application was increased to two
tons per acre, and in Watauga
county a three-way comparison is
being made between: Q) u%ntreated
pasture; (2) pasture on which one
ton of lime and the equivalent of
81 pounds of %phosporic acid was ap.
piled; and (3) pasture not lined,
but treated with the equivalent of
Ga pounds of phosphoric acid per
acre.
In Yancey county the comparison
is between untreated pasture and
pasture fortified with 1000 pounds
of superphosphate per acre, and in
Mitchell county one Of the expert
ments is with the use of 1000
pounds of superphosphate per acre.
The other test in Mitchell is with u
tons of lime and 800 pounds of cal
cium.meta phosphate on six acres,
versus six acres treated only with
phosphate.
Experiments in wintering beef
cattle are being carried out On the
farms of ]. C. Gambill of Allegheny
county, John Littlewood of Sturgills
in Ashe county; F. w. Canon of
Banner Elk in Avery county, and
Glenn Boyd of Waynesville in Hay
wood county.
Two Tests in Haywood
The effects of drenching sheep on
the general health and profitable
ness of the farm flock is being in
vestigated on the farms of D. C.
Duncan of Sparta in Allegheny, E.
w. Shepherd of Laurel Springs in
Ashe, and M, B, Rogers and G. C..
Palmer both of Clyde, Route 1, in
Haywood.
Lonnie Edwards of Whitehead in
Allegheny county and w. M. Tran
sou of Wagner in Ashe are cooper
ating with the experiment station
in tests with flushing ewes, and
Van Miller of Laurel Springs in
Allegheny and w. B. Austin Of JET
ferson in Ashe are comparing west
ern versus home-raised ewes for
the production of market lambs.
Prof. Hostetler and Aglonomlst
Rankin invited the farmers to visit
these farms and observe the expert
mental work and learn from the
cooperating farmers the results
they are obtaining.