426 TiiiK'iiETii Annual Report 



NEEDS. 



The Animal Husbandry Department has been greatly handi- 

 capped due to lack of animals suitable for investigation, lack of 

 land and pasture and forage crops, fences and other equipment for 

 experimental purposes. The Station should have an experimental 

 range consisting of at least ten sections in area, properly fenced and 

 equipped. This range should be located where it will be as repre- 

 sentative as possible of range conditions in the State. \\'ith such 

 an area properly equipped and stocked, it would be possible to study 

 fundamental problems relating to the production of livestock under 

 range conditions. The methods of determining the cost of produc- 

 tion can only be developed through a series of investigations involv- 

 ing herds and flocks maintained on ranges under typical conditions. 

 The study of increasing the carrying capacity of our ranges and the 

 practical management of animals so as to make the best use of the 

 forage grown is of greatest importance to stockmen in the State. 

 The Department is confronted with many questions upon which it 

 has no information, and it is urged that provision be made for land 

 and equipment where long-time experiments may be undertaken to 

 develop cheaper methods of producing animals on Arizona ranges. 



