Effect of grazing management on beef gains from white clover-grass pastures in central Alabama
1947
Mayton, E.L. | Grimes, J.C. | Rogers, H.T.
Based on a 4-year study of different rates of stocking and methods of grazing white clover-grass pastures, it was concluded that 1. A moderate rate of stocking (about 2 acres per cow and calf) and continuous grazing from April 1 to about October 15 appeared to be the best system. 2. Continuous heavy grazing (about 1 acre per cow and calf), however, did not kill white clover when properly fertilized. 3. There was no evidence that removing the stock during May to allow the clover to mature a heavy seed crop was of any value. 4. Rotational grazing, in which the pasture was divided into sub-paddocks and each paddock was grazed heavily for 2 weeks and then rested a month, was not a good system under the conditions of this study. 5. A partial stand of white clover behaved as perennial plants on those areas with favorable moisture supply under all of the systems of grazing tested. Close grazing, particularly in late summer, appeared to favor the survival of white clover as a true perennial. 6. Beef gains from fertilized bottom land pastures at Auburn, Ala. (274 pounds per acre per year) compare favorably with beef production on the lime land pastures of the Black Belt region of the state, and with reported beef yields from similar pastures in several of the southeastern states.
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