Masters Theses

Date of Award

8-1965

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Animal Husbandry

Major Professor

L.L. Christian

Committee Members

Harold J. Smith, Lewis H. Dickson

Abstract

Warren County is located in the eastern section of Middle Tennessee on the southeastern edge of the Highland Rim. The topography of the land is gently rolling to moderately steep in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, with, coves and valleys of colluvial soils made by erosion over long periods of time from the uplands composed of heavy clay origin (Soil Survey, Warren County, Tennessee, 1963). These soils are ideal for pasture and hay production with silage and grain crops fitting in on the colluvial soils. The average farm size in Warren County is 156 acres (U. S, Census of Agriculture, 1959), and many of the 1845 farmers in the county grow some kind of livestock (or livestock products). Good livestock markets are available to the farmers of this area and many of them are producing beef feeder calves for demonstrational feeder calf sales. The closest such sale to Warren County producers is at Cookeville, Tennessee, which serves a sixteen county area. Feeder calf sales in Tennessee have been conducted over a period of several years beginning in 1935 at Shouns (Walker, 1961) and spreading across the state. In 1964, 8563 head of feeder calves were sold in sixteen sales. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of breed and year on weights and grades of feeder calves produced in Warren County, and to characterize the relative performance of calves produced in the county. It is hoped that from this information feeder calf producers can improve their herds and operations to better support feeder calf sales throughout the state with a greater number of high quality calves.

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