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40 pounds horax per ton were applied uniformly to These Stee,-S me typical of lllosc new gl-Ming on [hl-ee ·_
the entire area at thc initial rates of 2 tons and 100() pasture mixtrrres at the Woodford Farm. The mixture ,»
pmlmls Pm. uCl.(.~ I.(.Sp(.CtiV(.]y_ The Old sod Consisting shown 1S broinegrass-Ladino clover. The picture was taken *3
. . - _ _ about the last of june 1956.
principally of orchard grass and lespedeza was plowed, A .
a seedhed was prepared. and the following seedings . . . .
_ _ _ rephcations are continuously grazed while each of .
made at the rates arid times indicated. . . . . ~
the other two is divided into three sub plots and F
“""°‘"”’“ ‘““‘ "°“““‘ P"' Mm “"‘° S°°‘*"" grazed rotationally. Grazing is 011 a “put and talil, 12 ............,............. April, 1954 or 16 gmzmg O Put dm ta 6 Steelb Curing 116
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Isrrlmrr whim- elrirr-r, 2 ................ Mardi, 1955 1956 the “tester" steers remained on a given pasture g  
‘Vericti  used were: K-ntucky bluegrass, commercial; smooth X , · ) ,__, . V, —< , , _g· , __
lwroriititzrzissf certified Southlhnd; adapted white clover was from a the Lntlrf h(·‘l$O1l· Tlll Put dud tm the €*1X°U‘“€“t¥*1 p‘lStur€$ - "P
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re °'_ Bde _ Y ungus L Eighty good-to-choice yearling Hereford steers,  
_Dulmg tllthsljllug and curly sulmnfm 1J55‘ the wintered to gain approximately 1.3 pounds daily, *"
limlgloot treloil made (‘XC(‘11(’1lt 1.£1`0\Vtl1 2111(1 was 11569 were need in 1056 Thev had free access to W‘1t€f V 
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·l m_ fdlulll) hl l/H;1*** lm U/(1* no ry ( f( I I shade and mineral feeders which contained salt, 1-
:11 if _‘U 0 mllilu I Imm? tin "um;§°_1 mlm _1 O It lf ground limestone and steamed hone meal in separate
Ll 131 “ 1} Q U {1 t lf _ lmhm Ul (M [film, fz) {ml compartments. Bonemeal was consumed in the largest A ~
1 "f "' " l " Ul "' _"‘“t""f 1“"‘ "“" *" °""f amoiirrt and gmrrirrl limestorre iii the least.
Iorage to harvest during 1950. .·\ll pastures were 1 `
clipped to control weeds. No fertilizer was applied Steers Weighed Every Two Weeks A
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during 1900. luxperunental grazing hegan in the spring The steers were individually weighed at intervals
of 1950. (Zonnnercial fertilizer equivalent to 300 of 1-1 days at 6:00 a.m. after heing without water
pounds per acre of 0-10-20 was hroadcast on all during the previous night. The weighing and holding Qc
pastures during the spring of 1956. facilities were arranged so that all steers could be
The experiment is of the split-hlock design. with weighed and returned to their pastures in less than
four replications of each mixture. Two of the four 90 minutes.
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10 Kicxruczicv Frxnxi Asn lloxnz SCllZNCl§—S1’l1lNG 1957