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The next step: intensification of East Coast hill country farming
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2014)
This project sought to identify whether utilising ‘spray and pray’, as a re-grassing tool on hill country, was an option for all East Coast hill country farmers that were looking to intensify their operations. The advantages ...
Nutrient cycles under grazing
(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1963)
The aim of this dissertation on is to construct biological cycles for major and important minor elements, starting at the soil, tracing the nutrients through the plant and animal and finally back to the soil animal droppings. ...
A study of the nutritive value of untopdressed hill country pastures
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1951)
Pastures provide the natural food supply of grazing animals and are the raw materials for the world's wool, meat and dairying industries. In an effort to increase livestock production, research workers have been developing ...
Adjustments of seasonal feed-supply to seasonal requirements of animals
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1936)
Because of the differential growth of herbage plants throughout
the year and because of weather hazards, the most difficult problem
of the stock-raiser is the provision of an adequate supply of feed
for every day in the ...
Light land pastures
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1956)
Approximately ¾ million acres of the Canterbury
Plains are classified as light land. The soils are a
shallow, stony loam overlying an open, shingle subsoil
with a very low moisture holding capacity. The rainfall
of 25 ...
Fertilizer and stocking rates on two King Country soils
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1973)
Parent materials such as volcanic ash and sedimentary siltstone
and sandstone form soils which differ markedly in their physical
and chemical properties. In stocking x fertilizer rate trials on
two families of soils, ...
Metabolism experiments; their technique and value in assessing the nutritional value of pastures
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1934)
Common methods adopted to ascertain the nutritional
value or quantity and quality of grass and other foodstuffs
include changes in live weight, improvement in health and production, chemical analyses, naked eye responses ...
Fertility requirements of pastures and their diagnosis
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1961)
The basic aim in an efficient system of pastoral farming must
be the highest possible sustained yields of animal products consistent
with the maintenance and improvement of soil fertility.
This involves the maximum ...
Some observations on short-rotation ryegrass in Canterbury
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1949)
In 1943 a new ryegrass appeared on the New Zealand
market, known first as H1, but later as short
rotation ryegrass. This new grass was a hybrid produced
by the Grasslands Division, Department of
Scientific and Industrial ...
The use of short-rotation ryegrass at Lincoln College
(New Zealand Grassland Association., 1957)
Apart from pedigree white clover no pasture species has had
more impact on the College farm than short-rotation ryegrass.
Equally spectacular has been the decreasing dependence on
swards based on perennial ryegrass.
These ...