. Effect of burning on South Florida range . Recently burned native ranges are characterized by high quality-low volume herbage. Davis and Kirk,-^ in tests at the Range Cattle Station, Ona, Florida, found that protein varied from 10 percent in very young wiregrass-type forage to to percent in old wiregrass. Phosphorus values were usually below percent and often below percent. Killinger reported as much as phosphorus in wiregrass 2 11 days after burning on Leon fine sand in central Florida. Otherwise his findings were similar to those of Davis and Kirk. The study reported
. Effect of burning on South Florida range . Recently burned native ranges are characterized by high quality-low volume herbage. Davis and Kirk,-^ in tests at the Range Cattle Station, Ona, Florida, found that protein varied from 10 percent in very young wiregrass-type forage to to percent in old wiregrass. Phosphorus values were usually below percent and often below percent. Killinger reported as much as phosphorus in wiregrass 2 11 days after burning on Leon fine sand in central Florida. Otherwise his findings were similar to those of Davis and Kirk. The study reported here measured yield, composition, and chemical content of herbage from an ungrazed native range over a 2-year period fol- lowing a mid-February fire. The study was conducted on the Caloosa Experi- mental Range in Charlotte County, Florida, on lands owned by the Babcock Florida Company. Chemical analyses were made by Mr. F. E. Knox, Chemist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Tifton, Georgia. 1/ Davis, K. , and Kirk, W. G. Nutritional quality in pastures. Soil Sci. Soc. Fla. Proc. 12. 1952. 21 Killinger, G. G. Effect of burning and fertilization of wiregrass on pasture establishment. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 40. 1948. - 2 -
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