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research article

Experiments show protein supplements to be of dubious value with alfalfa

authors

Robert D. Appleman, University of California
Donald G. Addis, University of California
S. E. Bishop, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 15(7):10-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v015n07p10. July 1961.

author affiliations

Robert D. Appleman is Extension Dairyman, University of California, Davis. Donald G. Addis is Farm Advisor, Riverside County, University of California. S. E. Bishop is Farm Advisor, Riverside County, University of California.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Dairy cows fed a concentrate mixture containing 50% expeller-processed copra meal produced 0.12 pound per cow more butterfat daily than cows fed an equal amount of a high energy concentrate, lower in fat and in protein content.

author notes

M. Ronning, Department of Animal Husbandry, University of California, Davis, and Lee Davis and Frank Judson, both of La Sierra College, La Sierra, California, assisted in the trials.