Appendix

Site descriptions and locations
Desoto County Carlton 2 x 4 Ranch
 Site is located approximately 7 miles south of
Arcadia on State Road 31. It is mapped as Malibar
fine sand on flat high ground. The pasture was
limed and fertilized prior to the study as follows: 2/
26/82 1 ton/acre dolomite; 3/9/82 60 lb N, 30 lb
P20, and 55 lb K0O/acre; 11/22/82 40 lb N, 10 lb
P205 and 20 lb K20/acre. The pasture received no
fertilizer after 11/82. Stocking rate was approxi-
mately 2.6 acres per cow.
Hardee County J. P. Platt Ranch
 Site is located approximately 6 miles east of
Zolfo Springs on State Road 66 at the Grass Valley
Ranch. The site is relatively flat and located on a
poorly drained Pomona fine sand soil. Annual
fertilization practices since 1980 have been 70 lb N,
18 lb P205 and 35 lb O20/acre in the spring with 65
lb N applied in the fall. The pasture received 1 ton/
acre of dolomite in 1982. Stocking rate was ap-
proximately 2 acres per cow.
Highlands County Oscar Clemons Ranch
 Site is located approximately 5 miles north of
State Road 70 on county road 721. Soil is mapped
as an Immokalee sand. The site is flat and poorly
drained. The pasture was fertilized with 1 ton/acre
of lime every 3 years and 300 lbs/acre of 16-8-8
every other year prior to the study. Stocking rate
was approximately 1 acre per cow.
Hillsborough County Warren Allen Ranch
 Site is located east of Brandon near Lithia off
county road 640. The study is located on a flat
poorly drained Ona fine sand. Fertilization prac-
tices were: 4/85 65 lb N/acre; 6/85 60 lb N, 30 lb
P205 and KI0/acre; 3/86 60 lb N, 30 lb P205 and
K20/acre; 7/86 65 lb N, 30 lb P20, and 45 lb KO0/
acre. All fertilizer treatments included a complete
micronutrient mix except in 4/85. Stocking rate
was approximately 2.5 acres per cow.
Manatee County Russell Reagan Ranch
 Site is located near Bradenton, approximately 8
miles east of Interstate 75 off of State Road 64 on
Rye Road. It is located on high ground and not


subject to standing water. Soil type is mapped as
an Eau Gallie fine sand. The pasture was estab-
lished over 20 years ago and had not received
fertilizer since 1981 and perhaps earlier. Stocking
rate was approximately 1.5 acres per cow.
Okeechobee County Dirr Farms
 Site is located east of Kissimmee River and west
of Okeechobee on State Road 70. The plots are
located on a poorly drained flatwoods Immokalee
fine sand. The pasture was renovated in 1976 and
was fertilized annually from 1974-1984 with 30 lb
N and 25 lb P205 and K2O respectively, plus micro-
nutrients. Fertilizer had not been applied since
1984. The 150 acre pasture was stocked with
approximately 80 dry cows and 4 bulls.
Pasco County Joe Barthle Ranch
 Site is located west of Dade City on the west side
of county road 581, 1.3 miles north of county road
578 and 1.2 miles south of Johnston road. The
plots are located on a well-drained Kendrick fine
sand. The site was fertilized in 1984 with poultry
layer waste at the rate of 2 tons/acre. Stocking rate
was approximately 4 acres per cow.
Polk County Jerry Keen Ranch
 Site is located approximately 11.5 miles west of
Lake Wales on State Road 60. The site is a poorly
drained flatwoods Myakka fine sand. The pasture
is over 20 years old, was rotovated in the fall of
1985 and overseeded with cool-season annual
grasses. Fertility practices have been as follows:
1980 1 ton dolomite/acre; 1982 50 lb N/acre; 1983
- 40 lb N, 10 lb P205 and 20 lb K20/acre; 1984 90
lb N, 25 lb P205 and K20/acre, plus micronutrients;
1985 120 lb N, 20 lb P205 and 35 lb K20/acre, plus
1 ton dolomite/acre; and 1986 65 lb N/acre. Stock-
ing rate was approximately 2 acres per cow.
Sarasota County Mabry Carlton Ranch
 Site is located 21 miles east of Interstate 75 on
State road 72. It is west of Gill Road and approxi-
mately 3 miles west of the Desoto Co./Sarasota Co.
line. The site is on a relatively flat Myakka fine
sand. The pasture had not been fertilized for 10
years prior to 1987. Stocking rate was approxi-
mately 5 acres per cow.