. Efficient use of annual plants on cattle ranges in the California foothills . Figure 12.—Map showing different kinds of land (site classes) in pastures 1 to 6. Table 5.—Pasture size, productivity, degree of grazing, and grazing capacity on six pastures Range pasture number 3 1 5 4 6 2 Size Acres 155 154 250 309 316 230 Productivity Swale-acres 43 60 68 78 89 90 Degree of grazing obtained 2 Close Moderate to close. Moderate Light to moderate Light Grazing capacity < Animal units 1 Sum of the acreages of all site classes in the pasture after the acrea
. Efficient use of annual plants on cattle ranges in the California foothills . Figure 12.—Map showing different kinds of land (site classes) in pastures 1 to 6. Table 5.—Pasture size, productivity, degree of grazing, and grazing capacity on six pastures Range pasture number 3 1 5 4 6 2 Size Acres 155 154 250 309 316 230 Productivity Swale-acres 43 60 68 78 89 90 Degree of grazing obtained 2 Close Moderate to close. Moderate Light to moderate Light Grazing capacity < Animal units 1 Sum of the acreages of all site classes in the pasture after the acreage of each site class had been reduced to its swale-equivalent in herbage production; based on relative herbage yields shown in table 4. 211-year average obtained when each pasture was stocked with approximately 19 animal units for an average grazing season of 6 months. 3 The number of animal units that the pasture would support for 6 months under moderate grazing.
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