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large acreages in both dry farming and irrigated districts and are 

 nsing many silos to store the feed. 



INVESTIGATIONS 



Seven distinct lines have been followed in the investigations in 

 animal husbandry during the past year. These were : 



1. Sheep Breeding Experiments. 



2. Marketing Arizona Wool. 



3. Alfalfa Pasture for Hogs. 



4. Feeding Dairy Cows. 



5. Silage for Range Cattle. 



6. Poultry Management. 



. 7. Systems of Live Stock Farming. 



SHEEP INVESTU'.ATIO.XS 



Further reductions have been made in the number of cross- 

 bred sheep on the Salt River Valley Farm, and the policy has been 

 to maintain the best sheep -in this flock and compare them with 

 other breeds. An inventory of the sheep present July 1, 1917, is 

 given in Table XIII. 



TABLE XIII. — INVENTORY OF SHEEP JULY 1, 1917 



Eleven Hampshire ewes and five lambs and one Shropshire 

 ewe and a lamb were added to the flock during the year. They are 

 a very desirable addition to the equipment of the department. 



IVool Production: The sheep were shorn on March 5th and 

 6th. 1917, Yielding a total of 526.8 pounds of wool and averaged 6.35 

 pounds per head. Table XIV gives the average yield of wool from 

 the registered sheep and the main crosses. 



T\1:LE XIV. — AVKK.M.K WOOL CLir ACCORUI.VG TO BREEDING, 1917 



Hampshire 5.12 lbs. 



Shropshire 5.67 lbs. 



Tunis 6.22 lbs. 



Hampshire crosses 6.60 lbs. 



Shropshire crosses 6.71 lbs. 



