Early Hay Cutting Is Desirable
Investigations into the nutritive value of grass, as carried out at Cambridge Experimental Farm, England, and at the Plant Research Bureau at Palmerston North, point to the desirability of cutting grass for hay earlier than is the usual custom in New Zealand. This early cutting gives a lighter hay crop which, however, is offset by the following compensations: (a) A higher percentage of digestible protein and therefore a more nutritious hay, with less fibre. (b) A smaller amount of hay is required to satisfy maintenance requirements. (c) Less useless, indigestible material is introduced into the elimentary tract of the animal, a point of considerable importance in the case of milking cows and high-pro-ducing ewes. (d) Early-cut hay of high digestibility and nutritive value constitutes an ideal roughage for inclusion in the rations of early-maturing stock. (e) The taking of an earlier and lighter hay crop results in an earlier and stronger growth of aftermath, before pasture growth is reduced by the usual dry period in summer.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 64, 14 March 1949, Page 3
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171Early Hay Cutting Is Desirable Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 64, 14 March 1949, Page 3
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