ISSN:
1365-2494
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
In a sward sown to Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens measurements were made of the yield and quality of dry matter which was on offer for grazing, or for cutting to be ensiled. In order to follow, within a system of fat lamb production, the potential for an increase or decrease in the DM yield from year to year, a record was also required of the amount of this DM which was eaten by the grazing sheep. The results show that in grazed swards at 2 stocking rates the DM of the sward present per unit area increased during the course of the experiment. This increase, however, was not harvested by the animals. A great deal more DM was harvested in the first year by the animals at the lower stocking rate than was harvested in the following years at this rate or in any year at the higher rate of stocking. There was a greater difference between the values for the digestibility of organic-matter immediately before grazing and those immediately afterwards in the first year at the lower stocking rate than in the following years, or in any year at the higher rate of stocking. In cut swards there was no evidence of a progressive decrease in production from year to year.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2494.1966.tb00488.x
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