Factors influencing the keeping qualities and nutritional value of frozen meat.

The enormous increase in the use of frozen foods and in the number of frozen locker plants offering freezer storage to the individual. together, have emphasized the need for more research in the field of frozen meat preservation. In order to meet this need a greater part of the research program on meat at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station has been devoted to this field of study for several years

Performance of steers sired by bulls of different sizes. A comparison of Hereford steers sired by small, medium, and large size bulls.

The Kansas, Oklahoma, and Ohio Agricultural Experiment Stations co-operated in this study, which was supported by grants from the American Hereford Association. The project involved comparisons of steer calves sired by small, medium, and large size bulls. Each sire group at each station was handled under the following systems of feeding and management: System I-immediate full feeding for 225 days. System II-a deferred full-feeding program in which the steer calves are wintered well, grazing without grain from May 1 to August 1, and then full-fed in dry lot 100 days. System III-the production of two-year-old grass-fat steers without the feeding of grain. Phases under this system include: wintering as calves without grain; grazing as yearlings a full season without supplemental feed; wintering as yearlings without grain; grazing as two-year-olds without supplemental feed and selling as slaughter cattle directly off pasture

Project 253-3: Wintering, grazing and fattening heifers.

Seventy good quality Hereford heifer calves were purchased for $31.50 a hundredweight in east central Kansas and received October 1, 1951. The pay weight was 425 pounds per head. It was necessary to dehorn most of the heifers after they were received. They were started on test November 30, 1951, at an average weight of about 440 pounds. Five heifers were removed from different lots during the wintering period, two because of lead paint poisoning and three because of no gain

The use of brome grass in fattening yearling heifers as compared to fattening in a dry lot.

The purpose of this study is to develop a system of fattening heifers for feeders who do not have native pasture or have no pasture. The plan of production is to buy good quality heifer calves in the fall, winter them well (which entails the feeding of about two pounds of grain per head daily in addition to roughage and protein). Following the winter period there are three alternatives being tested: full feed in dry lot; full feed on brome grass pasture; graze brome pasture early, then full feed in dry lot

Wintering heifer calves that are to be fattened for the fall market.

Thirty good quality Hereford heifer calves, 10 head to a lot, are being used in this study. They were delivered to Manhattan, Kansas, on September 15, 1952, at a cost of 29 cents per pound. They originated in the Sterling City, Texas, area. From delivery date until November 15, 1952, they were fed prairie hay and 1 pound of soybean oil meal pellets per head daily. The system of management planned for each lot follows. Lot 19-Wintered on brome pasture supplemented when necessary with protein; grazed on brome pasture until July 15; full-fed in the drylot 100 days. Lot 7-Wintered on dry bluestem pasture supplemented with 1 ½ to 2 pounds of concentrate feed per head daily; grazed on bluestem pasture until July 15; full-fed in drylot 100 days. Lot 8-Wintered on Atlas sorgo silage, prairie hay, 1 pound of soybean pellets and 2 pounds of corn per head daily; grazed on bluestem pasture May 1 to July 15; full-fed in drylot 100 days

Fattening heifers for the fall market.

The purpose of this experiment is to develop a desirable system of fattening heifer calves similar to the deferred full-feeding system for steer calves. The system developed for good quality steer calves consists of three phases: (1) producing 225-250 pounds of gain during the winter, which usually requires the feeding of four to five pounds of grain per head daily; (2) grazing 90 days without grain; (3) full-feeding 100 days in the dry lot

Factors influencing rate of gain, amount of feed consumed and carcass grade

This is the second trial to study the effect of differences which can be observed in feed calves classified as good to choice. The two lots in this trial were sorted from the 100 range-bred heifer calves purchased last November for feeding experiments at this station. This was a very uniform shipment of calves with no plain ones in the group. Sorting for the two lots of calves was made on apparent differences in capacity for feed, chest room, muscling, bone, and general appearance. The individual calves also were graded by using a standard feeder chart

Comparison of Hereford steers sired by small, medium and large size bulls.

The project involves comparisons of steer calves sired by small, medium, and large size bulls at each of the three stations under three standard systems of feeding and management. System I, immediate full feeding for 225 days. System II, a deferred full feeding program in which the steer calves are wintering well, grazed without grain from May 1 to August 1, and then full fed in dry lot 160 days. System III, has for its objective the production of two-year-old grass fat steers without the feeding of grain. Phases under this system include: wintering as calves without grain grazing as yearlings a full season without supplemental feed; wintering as yearlings without grain; grazing as two-year-olds without supplemental feed and selling as slaughter cattle directly off pasture

The relation of feathering and overflow fat of lamb carcasses to the grade of the lamb, degree of marbling, and market value of the lamb

This project was undertaken in the spring of 1960 in an endeavor to determine the relationship, if any, of internal fats, overflow, and feathering to the degree of marbling in the longissimus dorsi muscle (eye muscle), the grade of the carcass; and the relationship of marbling to the palatability of meat

A study of factors influencing rate of gain, quantity of feed consumed, and carcass grade.

Rate of gain in the feedlot is one of the most important factors determining the profits from cattle feeding. Also cattle which gain faster usually have more finish and sell for a higher price per hundredweight. There is considerable variation in rate of gain by different cattle in the same feedlot, and we need to know if the factors which cause these differences can be determined when the feeder cattle are selected