A study of some of the factors that influence the yield and the composition of growing pasture grass . - 4- Treatment of PlotsIn the spring, as soon as the ground was dry enough to work, plots3 4 5 and 6 (see Figure 2) were disced. In addition, plots 5 and 6were treated with stable manure at the rate of 20 ^w»48 per acre. Plots1, 2, and 7 received no treatment. Method of Cutting the Grass Early in May, when the cows of the farm were turned out on grass, allof the plots with the exception of No. 7 were cut. The cutting was donewith a sharp lawn mower which was run at the same adjustment, as to
A study of some of the factors that influence the yield and the composition of growing pasture grass . - 4- Treatment of PlotsIn the spring, as soon as the ground was dry enough to work, plots3 4 5 and 6 (see Figure 2) were disced. In addition, plots 5 and 6were treated with stable manure at the rate of 20 ^w»48 per acre. Plots1, 2, and 7 received no treatment. Method of Cutting the Grass Early in May, when the cows of the farm were turned out on grass, allof the plots with the exception of No. 7 were cut. The cutting was donewith a sharp lawn mower which was run at the same adjustment, as to length,throughout the experiment. The machine was adjusted to cut as low aspossible, the purpose being to cut as close to the ground as a cow couldbite off the blades of grass. A lawn mower, thus adjusted was theclosest imitation of a cow eating grass that we could get. Plots 1, 3 and 5 were cut every week, while plots 2, 4 and 6 werecut every two weeks. The cutting of the grass was continued, with theseintervals allowed for growth, throughout the pasture season. Plot 7 w?s cut twice a year; the
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