. Efficient use of annual plants on cattle ranges in the California foothills. Forage plants California; Grazing California. USE OF ANNUAL PLANTS IN CALIFORNIA FOOTHILLS 15 July and not fed supplements usually gained slowly for part of the summer dry-forage period and lost in weight by the end, the net change being a few pounds loss on the average. The most abundant of the finer-stemmed grasses, soft chess and foxtail fescue, are the most widely grazed. Soft chess is the most valuable of the annual grasses at this time because it retains a considerable amount of unshattered seed. Other small g
. Efficient use of annual plants on cattle ranges in the California foothills. Forage plants California; Grazing California. USE OF ANNUAL PLANTS IN CALIFORNIA FOOTHILLS 15 July and not fed supplements usually gained slowly for part of the summer dry-forage period and lost in weight by the end, the net change being a few pounds loss on the average. The most abundant of the finer-stemmed grasses, soft chess and foxtail fescue, are the most widely grazed. Soft chess is the most valuable of the annual grasses at this time because it retains a considerable amount of unshattered seed. Other small grasses and toad rush are also selected but may be limited in amount. The coarser grasses, such as wild oat and ripgut brome, are less readily grazed after they have dried. Most of the forbs are of little value after they dry and crumble. Many have coarse, fibrous stems, such as those of the broadleaf filarees, and are not grazed unless cattle are forced to eat them because of a shortage of preferred roughage. Native clovers, redstem filaree or alfileria, and bur-clover are exceptions. The fine-stemmed native clovers have a higher protein content than most dry annual species and are sought by cattle even after the plants start to crumble. Redstem filaree has the highest protein content of any filaree and is often grazed closely after it dries. Mature dry bur-clover, Avith its nutritious burs, averages about 15 percent protein, an amount more than necessary to meet minimum 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 !943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 AV6. '//////////////A Y/////S///////S, V////////////////A ^f/S/////////S//////S//SY Y////////////jK///////// Z4& rsssA. w////////y. Y/////////S V//////////Y Y///////y/////////////j '///////////////////A VS//////////////////Y7 Y//////////////////Ym 'S//////////////J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations m
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