Appendix Table 9. Yields of Pasture per Acre by Months and Total 

 in Cow Days and Tons of Hay Equivalent Grazed or Harvested Annually! 



Type and Date of 

 Treatment or Mowing 



Yield per Acre 



Cow Days 



Hay Equivalent 



May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Total Grazed Harvested 



PERMANENT 



(No brush and few trees) 



1. Not fertilized 



2. Lime and super 



3. Lime, super and potash 



4. Lime and complete fertilizer 



Days Days Days Days Days Days Days Tons Tons 



LADINO-GRASS 



SMALL GRAINS 



25. Oats and ladino (April) 2 



26. Oats and ladino (May) 



27. Rye and ladino (Oct.-Mar.) 



28. Rye (Sept. 1) 



29. Barley or oats (July 1) 



30. Barley or oats (Aug. 1) 



OTHER 



31. Millet or sudan (June 1) 



32. Millet or sudan (July 1) 



— 40 40 (15) (5) — 



— 20 40 — (20) — 

 60 — (25) (15) (5) — 



— — — — — 16 



25 15 40 0.6 



— 40 60 20 



120 1.8 



A cow day is assumed to be equivalent to about 27 pounds of dry matter or 30 pounds of 

 hay equivalent. On good to excellent pastures, consumption per cow per day for various sized 

 anim^als would be: Large cow, 1 row day; medium-sized cow, 0.8 cow day; small-sized cow 0.7 cow day. 



= Parentheses indicate date when grain was seeded and production of the Ladino seeding as 

 contrasted with the grain crop. 



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