Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


their feed from March through November. The wiregrasses,
when burned, furnish grazing in early season before most of
the improved pastures come into heavy production (Fig. 2).


 FIG. 2.-COMBINATION GRAZING SYSTEM.
 Native grasses (above) after burning furnish early grazing. A carpet-
lespedeza (below) or other grass-lespedeza pasture furnishes good spring
and summer grazing.

 VALUE OF IMPROVED PERMANENT PASTURES

 In a grazing program pastures should be utilized so as to give
a natural sequence of grazing crops to furnish nutritional pas-
turage over the longest possible period each year to maintain
growth or production of animals. Both permanent and tem-
porary improved pastures and native ranges should supplement
each other to accomplish these objectives satisfactorily.