PASTURE GROWTH AT MODERATE STOCKING RATES

Abstract

IN APRIL, 1961, the writer was invited by I. McQueen, Dairy Farm Supervisor, Massey University of Manawatu, to assist in investigating two systems for the wintering of dry dairy cows. The need for this occurred on the No. 3 (Bourke) Dairy Farm, where wet soil was unstable in winter and spring. It was difficult to utilize pasture growth and avoid treading damage (Edmond, 1963), a problem common to most dairy farms.