The effect of intensity and frequency of clipping on density and yield of black grama and tobosa grass

TitleThe effect of intensity and frequency of clipping on density and yield of black grama and tobosa grass
Publication TypeGovernment Report
Year of Publication1939
AuthorsCanfield R.H.
Pagination32
PublisherU.S. Government Printing Office
Keywordsblack grama, frequency, government publication, intensity of clipping, tobosa grass, yield
AbstractIn spite of any difficulties pertaining to finance, economics and periodically adverse climatic conditions that may beset the stockman of the semidesert grasslands, there probably never will come a time when cattle economically produced by conservative year-long grazing on the native forage will cease to be generally profitable. However, if this source of feed is to be perpetually enjoyed, certain fundamental principles of range conservation that give due consideration to the preservation of the main forage plants are required to be observed in grazing use. This is especially true in the Southwest where one of the most extensive grass areas, comprising some 14 million acres of semidesert grasslands, has developed under an average rainfall of approximately 10 inches annually. These lands, which are restricted to the law hills, valleys, and mesas lying at elevations below the pinon-juniper type in western Texas, southern New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona, are conceded to be chiefly valuable for the grazing of domestic livestock, principally cattle.
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