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High-Protein Pasture1. The Rotational or Close-Grazing System of Pasture Management.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Frank T. Shutt (Dominion Chemist) ,
S. N. Hamilton  and
H. H. Selwyn (Division of Chemistry)
Frank T. Shutt (Dominion Chemist)
Affiliation:
(Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada.)
S. N. Hamilton
Affiliation:
(Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada.)
H. H. Selwyn (Division of Chemistry)
Affiliation:
(Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada.)
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Extract

This enquiry has emphatically shown the high protein character of young grass, and this fact undoubtedly constitutes the outstanding feature of the scheme. Herbage of from one to three weeks’ growth is a rich protein forage; its dry matter has a range of from 20 to 30 per cent. protein.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 22 , Issue 3 , July 1932 , pp. 647 - 656
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1932

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References

1 Two papers giving the results of this investigation for 1927 and 1928 have appeared in this Journal (J. Agric. Sci. (1928, 18, 411–420) and ibid. (1930, 20, 126–134)).