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Sloping floors for beef cattle feed lots

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S. R. Morrison, Department of Agricultural Engineering
W. N. Garrett, Department of Animal Husbandry, University of California
C. F. Kelly, Agricultural Experiment Station
T. E. Bond, USDA
V. E. Mendel, Imperial Valley Field Station

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California Agriculture 18(9):14-15.

Published September 01, 1964

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Sloping feed lot floors as little as 4% degrees allowed manure to accumulate by gravity without adversely affecting weight gains, and with beef cattle spending less time lying on sloppy floors, according to tests at Imperial Valley Field Station

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Sloping floors for beef cattle feed lots

S. R. Morrison, W. N. Garrett, C. F. Kelly, T. E. Bond, V. E. Mendel
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Sloping floors for beef cattle feed lots

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Authors

S. R. Morrison, Department of Agricultural Engineering
W. N. Garrett, Department of Animal Husbandry, University of California
C. F. Kelly, Agricultural Experiment Station
T. E. Bond, USDA
V. E. Mendel, Imperial Valley Field Station

Publication Information

California Agriculture 18(9):14-15.

Published September 01, 1964

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Author Affiliations show

Abstract

Sloping feed lot floors as little as 4% degrees allowed manure to accumulate by gravity without adversely affecting weight gains, and with beef cattle spending less time lying on sloppy floors, according to tests at Imperial Valley Field Station

Full text

Full text is available in PDF.

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