Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1975
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Agronomy
Abstract
In order to establish relationships between beef waste application rates on the land and its effect on soil, an experiment was conducted at the Southeast South Dakota Experiment Farm. Beef steers were fed to a finished market weight from approximately 200 kg (441 lb) with a typical beef finishing ration which varied only in sodium chloride content among the treatments and spread at various rates on the soil. The objectives of this investigation were: 1) to establish a beef waste application rate on dryland that will permit crop production without excessive salt or sodium accumulation in the soil and 2) to determine the effect of the sodium chloride level in the ration on waste s produced and upon the soil where the wastes are applied.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Beef cattle
Corn
Fertilizers
Manures
Soils, Salts in
Soils -- Sodium content
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
100
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Halbeisen, James L., "Soil Salinity, Sodium Levels, and Corn Production as Affected by Rates of Applied Beef Wastes" (1975). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4871.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/4871