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The productivity and nutritive value of tropical grass/legume pastures rotationally grazed by N'Dama cattle at Ibadan, Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

I. I. Okorie ,
D. H. Hill  and
R. J. McIlroy
R. J. McIlroy
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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This study deals with the first 2 years of grazing trials on improved pastures of tropical grasses and legumes at Ibadan in Nigeria. The mixtures consisted of (i) Cynodon plectostachyus and Centrosema pubescens (legume), (ii) (i)+Chloris gayana and Digitaria decumbens, (iii) (ii) +Stylosanthes gracilis (legume). The mixtures were sown and planted in four blocks, the treatments being repeated four times, and were grazed rotationally by N'Dama cattle. During the first year's trial a uniform stocking rate of 1·7 steers/acre was adopted and a recovery period of 11 weeks was allowed. In the second year's trial the stocking rate was increased to 2·7 beasts/acre by the addition of nine yearling heifers and the recovery period was reduced to 5 weeks. Herbage yield and intake were measured by the clipping technique.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , April 1965 , pp. 235 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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