CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION .............................-. ..............-. ..-....... 5
NATIVE PASTURES ......... ............. ................... ... ................ 5
VALUE OF IMPROVED PERMANENT PASTURES ..........................-------..........--- 8
ESTABLISHING PERMANENT PASTURES ........... ......... .....----------...- 12
 General Considerations ........................... --------............. 12
 W ater Control and Fencing ................ .....------ ...----....... ... 12
 Destroying Objectionable Vegetation ....---....-------...--..---...--......-. 13
 Adapted Pasture Plants ...................---------------..................... 16
 Fertilization -----.......... ... .............. -------....- .-.................. 18
 Fertilizers for Establishing Pastures on Flat Pine and
 Prairie Land ..........---....~...-.....--- ......... ....----. .... 18
 C Grasses ........... ...... .....--------- .................. 18
 Legum es ....... ......... ... ... ..... ......... .......... ....... 24
 For Hammock Soils ...........--.........--------- --------- 25
 For Sandy and Muck Soils Underlaid with Lime .....................--. 25
 Seedbed Preparation and Planting Technique .................................... 26
 PASTURE MANAGEMENT ........................................------ ....... ............... 28
 Fertilization of Established Pastures ..........--........----..............----- 28
 Grasses --....................--------------------.. ...... 28
 Legumes ........--.....--.... -..............------------ ---.............. 35
 W eed Control ........--........-------------------. .....---.....---- ...-- 39
 Grazing ...... -......----------- --- --......----.. ....-------.----... 40
 Harvesting Seed .---.~...... ..------................ -.... --.. -----. 44
 TEMPORARY PASTURES ...............-----........ .... ------------.......... 44
 PASTURE PLANTS ..................... -...................... --... 47
 Pasture Grasses ...~...- ....... ........... .... .... ............. 49
 Pasture Legumes .......... ...--..... ........ ..-------.... -----.--. 61
 SUMMARY ..................-------- -..... --..... .................. -- ...--. ..--- -. 71
 APPENDIX TABLE 1 ............-......----... ..... ------- ......- ------74
 APPENDIX TABLE 2 ...--......-.....--...............-- ---- .-....-..-- ... 78