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Voisin André <1903-1964.> |
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Grass productivity [[electronic resource] /] / by André Voisin ; translated from the French by Catherine T.M. Herriot |
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Washington, D.C., : Island Press, 1988, c1959 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (402 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pastures - Management |
Grazing - Management |
Dairy cattle - Feeding and feeds |
Grasses |
Agricultural productivity |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Translation of: Productivité de l'herbe. |
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Philosophical Library, 1959. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Note: Conversion from Metric to British Units""; ""Introduction to the Island Press Edition ""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The Grass ""; ""1. What is a Herbage Plant?""; ""2. The Curve of Grass Growth""; ""3. Rest Period and Annual Production of Grass""; ""4. Seasonal Fluctuations in Grass Growth""; ""5. Influence of Fertilisers on the Vigour of Growth and on the Production of Grass""; ""6. An Immense Army of Lilliputian Ploughmen Bury the Phospho-Potassic Fertilisers Applied to the Pasture"" |
""7. White Clover, a Factory for Free Nitrogen Production""""8. At What Height Should Grass be Grazed?""; ""9. The Composition of Grass""; ""Part Two: The Cow ""; ""1. How the Cow Harvests the Grass""; ""Photo Inserts 1-7""; ""2. The Quantities of Grass Harvested by the Cow""; ""3. Quantities of Milk Produced by the Cow When She Harvests Her Own Grass""; ""4. The Cow is a Gourmet""; ""5. Conversion of Nitrogenous Substances in the Stomach of the Cow""; ""6. Grass Tetany""; ""Part Three: Laws of Rational Grazing ""; ""Requirements of the Grass and of |
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