EXERCISE 63. VALUE or ALFALFA PASTURE 

 1. What is the carrying-capacity of a good 3-year-old alfalfa pasture for 



Pasture with light 

 Alfalfa Alone Grain Feed. 



(a) dairy cows 



(b) ' fattening steers . . . 



(c) sheep 



(d) 3-months-old pigs 



2 How much alfalfa pasturage will be required to carry a herd of 32 

 dairy cows, yielding on the average 23.5 pounds of 4 per cent milk, from May 

 15 to October 1? The herd will receive, in addition to pasture, a light feed 

 of hay from mixed grasses and an amount of grain feed equivalent to 7 times 

 the yield of butter fat. 



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