Increased Cattle Production on Southwestern Ranges (Classic Reprint)

James Tertius Jardine, Leon Claude Hurtt

ISBN 10: 0331767791 / ISBN 13: 9780331767797

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2024

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Print on Demand. This book investigates how humans and animals can thrive in arid and semi-arid environments with sparse vegetation. The author, an expert in grazing studies, conducted experiments on a large range unit in New Mexico to explore practical solutions to increase meat production on Southwestern rangelands. The book presents the results of these experiments, which bear directly on the pressing need to produce more and better cattle while also preserving the land. It is essential reading for ranchers, farmers, and anyone interested in sustainable agriculture and the preservation of natural resources in the face of climate change and drought. The author demonstrates how to improve carrying capacity, prevent the loss of stock, and increase the calf crop and improvement in the grade of stock under range conditions. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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• Titolo: Increased Cattle Production on Southwestern Ranges (Classic Reprint)
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0331767791
• ISBN 13: 9780331767797
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Agriculture

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The locality is one of the most arid in the Southwest. Records for 55 years at Mesilla Park, about 15 miles southwest of the Reserve, show an average annual precipitation of 8. 63 inches, with precipita tion for individual years as much as 17 inches andas' little as inches. Temperatures as high as 106° are common in summer, and the'region is subject to almost continuous high winds and, conse quently, high evaporation. The soils ofthe plain are rather coarse to medium textured wind-blown sands, with patches of heavy adobe clay, usually with a rather high percentage of alkali, where water often stands until evaporated. The soils of the mountains and the outwash plains flanking them are coarse sands and gravels.

Naturally, with this combination of poor soils, low precipitation, high temperatures, and high winds, the vegetation is comparatively thin and made up of drought-resistant, semidesert species. By far the greater part of the forage, perhaps 80 per cent, is furnished by perennial grasses, of which the most important are the grama grasses, three-awn, tobosa, drop - seed, muhlenb orgias, burro grass, and wolftail.1 On large areas of the foothills and mesa, black brush, creosote bush, and mesquite predominate; but black brush and creosote bush are worthless as forage, and the mesquite is of low value. In figure 2 the vegetation is classified into range types for all of the Reserve except the mountain portion.

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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.