Claim · model-written summary
Reed canarygrass plus 300 kg N per hectare supported the greatest number of sheep days, 2,240.
- Taxon
- reed canarygrasse0
- Treatment
- 300 kg of N/hae0
- Outcome
- number of sheep dayse0
- Direction
- greateste0
- Value
- 2,240e0
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Verbatim
e0“reed canarygrass plus 300 kg of N/ha produced the highest actual weight gain, 640 kg/ha, and the greatest number of sheep days, 2,240”
Title
Reed Canarygrass vs. Grass-Legume Mixtures under Irrigation as Pasture for Sheep
W. A. Hubbard; H. H. Nicholson Journal of Range Management 1968. doi:10.2307/3896140
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Brome-orchard-ladino gave the most satisfactory overall pasture results.
- Observation The reed canarygrass-ladino clover mixture followed closely in overall performance.
- Observation Reed canarygrass alone yielded the fewest sheep days over three years.
- Observation Reed canarygrass alone produced the lowest actual gains per hectare.
- Intervention effect Reed canarygrass plus 300 kg N per hectare had the highest actual weight gain, 640 kg/ha.
- Recommendation The nitrogen fertilizer cost was judged unjustified by the additional T.D.N. produced.
- Observation Ladino clover made a substantial contribution to total dry matter in the mixture.
- Mechanism Ladino clover supplied nitrogen to reed canarygrass in the mixture.