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CHARACTERISTICS OF PASTURE PLANTS
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Characteristics of Pasture Plants
Short young herbage low in fiber content is eaten in preference to old, tall, stemmy, highly fibrous herbage. All grasses are palatable when closely clipped. They become unpalatable when growth stops. A dense sward with a height of about 4 inches approaches the ideal. Animals exercise a choice between species when the grass is 4 to 6 inches high, but show little discrimination when it is only 2 to 4 inches high. Perennial ryegrass leaves grow fast enough and long enough to have a long period of palatability. Orchardgrass leafage grows very rapidly and is very palatable while in active growth, but is unpalatable when growth ceases. Hairy and scabrous plants tend to be unpalatable. The more mature a leaf, the more these conditions are accentuated. Timothy, bromegrass, and Italian ryegrass are regarded as most palatable, followed by white clover and orchardgrass. Timothy may be almost suppressed in a pasture because of its extreme palatability. In one test in Massachusetts, cattle selected herbage in order as follows: white clover, timothy, redtop, and Kentucky bluegrass. In another test, the preference was, in descending order, timothy, redtop, Italian ryegrass, English ryegrass, tall oatgrass, meadow fescue, red fescue, and reed canarygrass.
The high palatability of big bluestem and little bluestem causes these tall grases to be replaced by the less palatable but more persistent short buffalograss under heavy grazing in the Great Plains region. Where the land is protected from gazing these palatable species are restored and the grass again grows "as high as a horse's belly," as pioneers reported when they observed it for the first time.
Well , that's some explanation about Characteristics of Pasture Plants, Hopefully can be useful. . .
HAPPY LEARNING. . .
SOURCE:
Book Principles of Field Crop Production | John H. Martin - Warren H. Leonard | COLLIER Macmillan (1967)
This time, Ahli Artikel will give the article titled Characteristics of Pasture Plants. Check to the explanation below. . . . .
Characteristics of Pasture Plants
Short young herbage low in fiber content is eaten in preference to old, tall, stemmy, highly fibrous herbage. All grasses are palatable when closely clipped. They become unpalatable when growth stops. A dense sward with a height of about 4 inches approaches the ideal. Animals exercise a choice between species when the grass is 4 to 6 inches high, but show little discrimination when it is only 2 to 4 inches high. Perennial ryegrass leaves grow fast enough and long enough to have a long period of palatability. Orchardgrass leafage grows very rapidly and is very palatable while in active growth, but is unpalatable when growth ceases. Hairy and scabrous plants tend to be unpalatable. The more mature a leaf, the more these conditions are accentuated. Timothy, bromegrass, and Italian ryegrass are regarded as most palatable, followed by white clover and orchardgrass. Timothy may be almost suppressed in a pasture because of its extreme palatability. In one test in Massachusetts, cattle selected herbage in order as follows: white clover, timothy, redtop, and Kentucky bluegrass. In another test, the preference was, in descending order, timothy, redtop, Italian ryegrass, English ryegrass, tall oatgrass, meadow fescue, red fescue, and reed canarygrass.
The high palatability of big bluestem and little bluestem causes these tall grases to be replaced by the less palatable but more persistent short buffalograss under heavy grazing in the Great Plains region. Where the land is protected from gazing these palatable species are restored and the grass again grows "as high as a horse's belly," as pioneers reported when they observed it for the first time.
Well , that's some explanation about Characteristics of Pasture Plants, Hopefully can be useful. . .
HAPPY LEARNING. . .
SOURCE:
Book Principles of Field Crop Production | John H. Martin - Warren H. Leonard | COLLIER Macmillan (1967)
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