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Prairies And Pastures Of The Dissected Loess Plains Of Central Nebraska, J. E. Weaver, W. E. Bruner
Prairies And Pastures Of The Dissected Loess Plains Of Central Nebraska, J. E. Weaver, W. E. Bruner
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Geology
Physiography
Climate
Soil
Holdrege Silt Loam
Colby Silt Loam
Analyses Of Soils
Erosion
Root Relations
Early Settlement And Land Use
Native Vegetation
Communities Or Types Of Prairie
Short-Grass Type
Mid- And Tall-Grass Type
Mixed Short And Taller Grasses
Western Wheat Grass Type
Resume Of Grasses
Forbs
Shrubs
Pastures
Early Survey
Later Survey
Weedy Annual Grasses
Native Forbs
Subseres
E X Perimental Pastures
Methods
Sheen Pasture
Grazing Types
Grazing In 1945
Grazing In 1946
Comparison Of Consumption And Yield
McCan Pasture
Grazing In 1945
Grazing In 1946
Grazing In 1947
Comparison Of Consumption And Yield
Summary …
Changes In Vegetation And Production Of Forage Resulting From Grazing Lowland Prairie, J. E. Weaver, R. W. Darland
Changes In Vegetation And Production Of Forage Resulting From Grazing Lowland Prairie, J. E. Weaver, R. W. Darland
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
When the early settlers came to Iowa, Nebraska, and adjacent territory they entered an almost boundless sea of grass. Throughout the years the prairie has been largely broken for crop production, but even today there still remain considerable tracts of native grassland annually mowed for hay and far greater ones of native pasture (Weaver and Fitzpatrick, '34). Climax grassland when grazed lightly or moderately may retain essentially its natural composition over extremely long periods. It is only when grazing animals are circumscribed in their range by fences and when too large a population is thus confined for too long a …