Irrigated Pastures for New Mexico, Circular 494 (Revised)
Serial publication focused on agricultural research and resources available to state residents through the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Information
Series - Circular
Collection name - NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present
Date - 1992-10
Decade - 1990s
Author - Glover, C. R.
- Foster, C. L.
- Baker, R. D.
Subject (LCSH) - Pastures--Irrigation--New Mexico
Subject (NALT) - pastures
- irrigated conditions
- New Mexico
Table of contents - Types of pastures
- Selecting species and mixtures
- Kinds of plants
- Description of pasture species
- Legumes
- Grasses
- Temporary pasture
- Cool-season annuals
- Annual species for temporary pastures
- Recommended pastures and seedling rates
- High altitudes and cooler regions
- Middle altitudes and intermediate climates
- Lower altitudes and milder climates
- Legume inoculation
- Production practices for irrigated pastures
- Land preparation
- Seed and plant stock selection
- Seedbed preparation
- Time of seeding
- Planting methods
- Planting depth
- Establishment
- Fertilization
- Irrigation
- Water requirements
- Irrigation systems
- Frequency and amount
- Weed control
- Grazing management
- When to start grazing
- Grazing systems
- Mowing
- Scattering the droppings, Fencing
- Livestock management
- Determining livestock numbers
- Animal unit equivalents
- Selecting the livestock
- Bloat
Extent - 18 pages
Notes - Circular containing general information on types of pastures and the plants used in them, and specific information on beginning and maintaining irrigated pastures in New Mexico
Original publisher - New Mexico State University
- Cooperative Extension Service
- College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Place of publication - Las Cruces (N.M.)
Frequency - frequency varies
Digital publisher - New Mexico State University Library
Source - NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
Language - English
Type - Text
Format - application/pdf
Medium (AAT) - newsletters
Genre (AAT) - periodicals
Access rights - Open to re-use
Metadata cataloger - Bramlett, Suzanne
- Schneider, Ingrid
- Roth, Michael
Digital identifier - UAAPc000494-1992.pdf
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