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Urea For Sheep And Cattle On Dry Feed, Laurence C. Snook
Urea For Sheep And Cattle On Dry Feed, Laurence C. Snook
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Urea can be a valuable supplement for ruminants which have to depend on dry feed low in protein.
It is not a substitute for good quality conserved fodder.
Urea is extremely poisonous if eaten in excess and great care must be taken when feeding it to stock.
There are a variety of ways in which urea can be fed and these are outlined in this article.
The Department of Agriculture's Animal Nutrition Laboratory is now carrying out trials to determine the most convenient and safest method.
Urea is most effective as a fertiliser; when used in this way it results …
Meadow Hay, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Meadow Hay, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
rriHE nutritive value of pasture is high in early spring and remains so until early flowering.
After this the protein content falls rapidly, the fibre content rises and the plants become more lignifled and their digestibility reduced.