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The close-grazing scheme of pasture management. The influence of successive applications of nitrogen on the composition and yield of the herbage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Frank T. Shutt
Affiliation:
Dominion Chemist, Ottawa, Canada.
S. N. Hamilton
Affiliation:
(Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.)

Extract

The close-grazing or rotational system of pasture management has received wide attention in recent years, not only from the agricultural chemist but in one or other of its various modifications from the farmer and dairyman. Its underlying principles have been found to be sound and its main features capable of practical application. Given a fertile soil, suitable fertilisation and favourable seasonal conditions, it serves to furnish a highly digestible, high-protein herbage throughout the season.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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