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Better pastures for Florida.

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Date Issued:
1941
Abstract/Description:
This publication graphically portrays how the development of improved grazing land in Florida, through the planting of foreign grasses and clovers, has brought immense benefit to cattlemen and dairymen of the state of Florida. Native grasses that have been depended upon for more than two centuries provided seasonal grazing only, while introduced grasses afford exceptionally good pastures for as long as eight or nine month of the year.
Title: Better pastures for Florida.
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Name(s): Florida Dept. of Agriculture.
Writers' Program (Fla.)
University of Florida
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: [1941]
Date Issued: 1941
Date Issued: 1941
Publisher: Dept. of Agriculture
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, [Fla.]
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 87 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Language(s): eng
Abstract/Description: This publication graphically portrays how the development of improved grazing land in Florida, through the planting of foreign grasses and clovers, has brought immense benefit to cattlemen and dairymen of the state of Florida. Native grasses that have been depended upon for more than two centuries provided seasonal grazing only, while introduced grasses afford exceptionally good pastures for as long as eight or nine month of the year.
Table of Contents: Experimental pastures, 1924 -- Definitions -- Value of permanent pastures -- Cost of planting -- Selection of land -- Preparation of the soil -- When and how to plant -- Selection of grasses -- Description of grasses -- New grasses -- Temporary and supplemental pastures -- Clover for Florida pastures -- Description of clovers.
Target Audience: general
Identifier: UF00002891 (iid), 50315826 (oclc), AAA3170 QF, 971053 (digitool), uf:103894 (fedora)
Note(s): "Compiled by workers of the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Florida"--p. <3>
"Sponsored by the University of Florida, Gainesville."
"September, 1941."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87).
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : Florida State Board of Education, Division of Colleges and Universities, PALMM Project, 2001. (Florida Agricultural History and Rural Life) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced from collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida.
Subject(s): Pastures -- Florida
Grasses -- Florida
Library Classification: 633.20209759
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002891.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/UF00002891.jpg
Host Institution: UF
Other Format:
(OCoLC)15556897
Is Part of Series: Bulletin (Florida. Dept. of Agriculture) ; no. 108.