Abstract

The object of this experiment was to force the growth of grasses under permanent pasture during the rainy season and thus increase the stocking capacity of the pasture; a pasture consisting of Andropogon contortus. Andropogon pertusus, Digitaria sanguinale var. ciliaris and extensum and Indigoferas was selected for the experiment. This had received 3 cwts. of lime in 1927 and 20 cartloads of Farm Yard Manure, 3 cwts. of Bonemeal, and 1 cwt. of Suver phosphate in 1928. The ex- periment commenced in September 1929. Four acre plots (A, B, C and D) in one square block, were fenced off for the manuring experiment, and pasture all round the experimental block was used as control. The plots were fenced so that animals could gra rotati i. e. first A, second B, then G and lastly D, back to A and so on. The rains began on 14th September and the rainfall for the month was 701 inches. There were about 11 rainy days during the month.

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