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Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Natural Pastures in Western Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. Walker
B. Walker
Affiliation:
Western Research Centre, Ukiriguru, Mwanza, Tanzania*
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Summary

At Ukiriguru, in Western Tanzania, three levels of sulphate of ammonia were compared on natural pastures on hardpan soils. Yields of dry matter were substantially increased by nitrogen fertilizer and at high stocking rates the growth of cattle on different treatments followed fairly closely the amounts of dry matter available.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1969 , pp. 215 - 222
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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