LEADER 04271nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910786202003321 005 20230210180452.0 010 $a1-61091-273-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276884 035 $a(EBL)3317604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3317604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3317604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10627178 035 $a(OCoLC)923188267 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276884 100 $a19880519e19881959 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aGrass productivity /$fAndre? Voisin ; translated from the French by Catherine T.M. Herriot 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cIsland Press,$d1988. 210 4$aŠ1959 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 353 pages) $cillustrations 225 10$aConservation classics 300 $aTranslation of: Productivite? de l'herbe. 300 $aReprint. Originally published: New York : Philosophical Library, 1959. 311 0 $a0-933280-64-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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 the Cow"" 327 $a""Part Four: Principles for the Conduct of Rational Grazing """"1. Definition of the Basic Elements""; ""2. Determination of the Number of Paddocks is the Basis of the Rational Grazing Plan""; ""3. Division of the Herd into Groups""; ""4. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grass Growth""; ""5. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grassland Production by Varying the Number of Paddocks in the Rota ""; ""Photo Inserts 8-10""; ""6. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grassland Productivity by Application of Nitrogen "" 327 $a""Part Seven: Tethering and Rationed Grazing, Special Systems of Rational Grazing """"1. Tether Grazing""; ""Photo Inserts 16-18""; ""2. Different Forms of Rationed Grazing""; ""3. Does Rationed Grazing Produce 25% More Than Rotation?""; ""4. Rational Grazing Allowing a Variable Grazing Area but no Area of Pasture that has Already Been Grazed (One Group Only)""; ""5. Rationed Grazing Where the Animals Have Access to an Area That has Already been Grazed (One Group Only)""; ""6. Rationed Grazing with Two Groups""; ""Photo Inserts 19-22""; ""7 Grazing Rationed in Time"" ""Part Eight: Division of Pastures "" 330 $aGrass Productivity is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management "where the cow and grass meet." Andre Voisin's "rational grazing" method maximizes productivity in both grass and cattle operations. 606 $aPastures$xManagement 606 $aGrazing$xManagement 606 $aDairy cattle$xFeeding and feeds 606 $aGrasses 606 $aAgricultural productivity 615 0$aPastures$xManagement. 615 0$aGrazing$xManagement. 615 0$aDairy cattle$xFeeding and feeds. 615 0$aGrasses. 615 0$aAgricultural productivity. 676 $a636.2 700 $aVoisin$b Andre?$f1903-1964.$01533270 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786202003321 996 $aGrass productivity$93780109 997 $aUNINA