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Intensive Early Stocking and Season Long Stocking of Kansas Flint Hills Range
Author
Smith, E. F.
Owensby, C. E.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1978-01-01
Body

Native Flint Hills bluestem range was stocked at twice the normal rate, 1.7 acres per steer. Daily steer gain and gain per acre were greater for IES. Late summer gain by steers on SLS was less than the gain during early summer on either treatment. For the complete trial, steers under SLS gained more per head, 210 lb compared with 141 lb, due to the 154-day grazing period compared with 75 for IES. Although more grass had been removed by mid summer with IES, by the end of the summer grass yield was higher on IES than on the pasture stocked only half as heavily but full season. Percent big bluestem increased under IES and decreased with SLS. Percent Kentucky bluegrass decreased under IES and increased with SLS, but that may have resulted from more complete burning under IES. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3897624
Additional Information
Smith, E. F., & Owensby, C. E. (1978). Intensive-early stocking and season-long stocking of Kansas Flint Hills range. Journal of Range Management, 31(1), 14-17.
IISN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/646676
Journal Volume
31
Journal Number
1
Journal Pages
14-17
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management
Keywords
Kansas