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...secret. Under Sheepman Sanderson its flock of 20,000 Rambouillets became the world's finest. For breeding purposes the Soviet Commissar of Agriculture has bought a total of 27,000. Hay Creek Rambouillet sheep are so big that the herders entertain visitors by riding them. Other Hay Creek livestock include 100 blooded horses, 5,000 purebred Herefords...
Question No. 1: What is a stockyard? Answer: A stockyard is a public market place strategically located as to source of supply of all classes of livestock...
Question No. 5: Where do major packers have their packing plants? Answer: Major packers have their plants surrounding the stockyards to which livestock purchased is driven direct for slaughter...
...livestock ordinance also received adjustment. Not only goats, but domestic fowl, sheep, swine, horses, oxen, and cows are positively not allowed to roam at large through the streets...
...diet limited to soybeans is not fed to livestock because it makes them too fat. But farmers can feed them the meal left over after the oil has been extracted. Silage made from soy plants mixed with cornstalks produces more milk, more meat than straight corn silage. For overworked soil, nitrogenous soy plants are a good builder-up. A green crop of them plowed under will often increase the yield of wheat 6 bu. per acre...