Nutrition of Plants, Animals, Man (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Nutrition of Plants, Animals, Man The dairy nutrition experts in the research group were insistent that identical species and varieties of cr0ps be grown on both depleted and fertilized soils, to provide similar or comparable rations for the two groups of cattle. Since alfalfa and clover will not grow on the acid, depleted soils, grass hays were necessarily grown. For the first season, oat hay was grown while getting grass meadows established. Although experience had shown that soybeans produced poorly on this soil, even when fertilized, this crop was grown to provide a grain high in protein. Corn, winter wheat and oats were grown to provide insurance against the loss oi a grain crop in any season particularly unfavorable at any one time of year. Thus, a reasonably representative mixed ration was grown, in Which the only serious limitation was the necessity of growing a grass hay rather than clover or alfalfa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.