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18. Medium and high amounts of available bluegrass-whiteclover
pasture were maintained by controlled stocking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  34
 
19. Pastures were stocked at three rates  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
 
20. Maximum production per animal and per acre cannot be
obtained simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
 
21. Milk per cow varies daily while grazing a rotational 
pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  39
 
22. Diagram of available pasture when using first and last
grazers in rotational grazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
 
23. Animals select leafy forage high in protein and digestibility
and low in fibrous material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
 
24. A 12-foot gate serves for creep grazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
 
25. The potential production per animal with grazing methods
with grazing seasons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
 
26. During 2 years at Middleburg nursing calves gained 0.33 lb
daily when restricted to milk as compared to a 2 lb daily gain
for creep-fed nursing calves  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  46
 
27. Liberal feeding of beef cows did not improve liveweight
gains of 4 to 8 month old nursing calves with creep feed during 
2 years at Middleburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
 
28. For leafy pastures, energy intake by horses and ruminants
is directly related to available pasture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
 
29. Ensiling a grain variety of corn in a hard dent stage when
yields are high and about 40 8141328n dry matter makes a high energy 
silage  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  55
 
30. The plan shows three 15-acre divided into three fields for
each of three forage systems stocked with nine cows, 1 2/3
acre per cow and calf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  66


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