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A Pasture handbook / A.T. Semple [and three others] ; foreword by Henry A. Wallace.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Semple, Arthur T. (Arthur Truman), 1895- author.
- Series:
- Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 194.
- Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 194
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pastures--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Pastures.
- Pastures--United States--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Pastures--Management.
- United States.
- Genre:
- handbooks.
- Handbooks and manuals
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (89 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : United States Department of Agriculture, 1934.
- Summary:
- Advancement in the management of pastures, meadows, and ranges, and realization that these crops contribute to soil conservation and to efficient farming, have been salutary developments in the farm program in recent years.
- Contents:
- Foreword. pp. 1.
- Establishment, maintenance, and improvement of pastures : Considerations in establishing pastures
- Permanent pastures
- Supplemental pastures
- Annual pastures. pp. 2.
- Utilization of pastures : Pastures compared with harvested crops in cost of feed
- Pastures compared with harvested crops in yield of nutrients
- Quality of meat from livestock fattened on grass
- Influence of pastures on health of livestock
- Feed value of immature pasturage
- Mineral content of pasturage
- Grazing practices
- Rotation grazing
- Pastures for beef and dual-purpose cattle
- Pastures for dairy cattle
- Pastures for horses and mules
- Pastures for sheep and goats
- Pastures for swine
- Pastures for poultry . pp. 44.
- Index. pp. 87.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Publication pre-dates Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item numbers. No FDLP item number has been assigned.
- Issued April 1934.
- Includes index.
- Other authors include: H.N. Vinall, C.R. Enlow, T.E. Woodward, with a foreword by Henry A. Wallace.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (USDA, viewed on Feb. 16, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Semple, Arthur T. (Arthur Truman), 1895- Pasture handbook
- OCLC:
- 953977897
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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