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Grass productivity / / by Andre Voisin ; translated from the French by Catherine T.M. Herriot



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Autore: Voisin Andre <1903-1964.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Grass productivity / / by Andre Voisin ; translated from the French by Catherine T.M. Herriot Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Island Press, 1988, c1959
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 353 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 636.2
Soggetto topico: Pastures - Management
Grazing - Management
Dairy cattle - Feeding and feeds
Grasses
Agricultural productivity
Note generali: Translation of: Productivite de l'herbe.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Philosophical Library, 1959.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""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 the Cow""
""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 ""
""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 ""
Sommario/riassunto: Grass 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Grass productivity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61091-273-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822905603321
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