Itemised Pasture Management Tips
If pastures on a dairy farm are . to be used as efficiently as possible, ' careful grazing and management is . essential. The following points should always be borne in mind: — (1) Cattle must be kept off wet paddocks as much as to avoid poaching of the soil, which . destroys the better grasses and clovers and encourages weeds. (2) Over-grazing, which weakens the pasture’s capacity for further growth, should be avoided. (3) Animal droppings must be spread to prevent the production of coarse, rank, patchy growths of grass. r (4) When the pasture gets away from the stock, either the grazing area should be reduced or the pasture topped. (5) Pastures..are most productive if grazed and rested alternately, rather than grazed continuously. (6) The taking of hay from a pasture can alter the botanical composition of the sward, particularly if taken from the same paddock year after year. (7) Both early in spring, and at : any time after rains, pasture is likely to be unduly luscious and may cause scouring, bloat and facial eczema. (8) Artificial manures increase 1 the yield and advance the growing season of pastures.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 91, 6 September 1948, Page 3
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