Increased beef production from Townsville lucerne (Stylosanthes sundaica Taub.) in the spear grass pastures of central  coastal Queensland

Shaw, NH

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“…This sounds small when compared with the five-and six-fold increases reported by Shaw (1961) and Shaw and 't Mantje (1970) to have resulted from seeding spear grass native pasture at Rodd's Bay, Queensland, with Townsville stylo and applying superphosphate. However, the productivity of the native grazing in their trials was very low (16 to 38 kg bodymass gain/ha/year) and the actual level of production of the Townsville stylo reinforced grazing was less than that of LRV in the present trial.…”

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Effects of legume reinforcement of veld on the performance of beef steers

Clatworthy¹,

Holland²

1979

Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society o

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To measure the effect of legume reinforcement of veld on animal production, a 24 ha block of reverted granite sandveld dominated by Hyparrhenia filipendula was fenced into 8 equal-sized paddocks, 4 of which were seeded with legumes. Two paddocks were seeded in December 1971 with a mixture of Stylosanthes humilis, S. guianensis var. guianensis cv. Schofleld and an erect-growing strain, S. guanensis var. intermedia cv. Oxley (fine-stem stylo) and, S. fruticosa and two in January 1973 with a mixture of fine-stem stylo and Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro. Full-time grazing of the trial started in June 1973 with a cattle policy aimed at growing out weaner steers and then removing them after a year for pen finishing.Until January 1975 both sets of paddocks were stocked at the same rate; after that more cattle were carried on the legume-reinforced paddocks. The mean annual gain per head was 118 kg on the control of 161 kg on the reinforced, veld. Mean annual bodymass gains per hectare were 116 and 177 kg respectively. The rates of gain of the two groups of steers were similar during the main growing season but cattle on the legume-reinforced veld performed better during the late growing season and the dry season.The density of fine-stem stylo increased during the course of the trial while that of the other strains of Stylosanthes and of Siratro decreased. UITTREKSELOm die invloed van die inbring van 'n peulgewas komponent in veld op diere produksie te bepaal, is 'n 24 ha blok van graniet sandveld oorheers deur Hyparrhenia filipendula, verdeel in 8 ewegroot kampe en 'n peulgewas in 4 kampe gevestig. In twee kampe is gedurende December 1971 'n mengsel van Stylosanthes humilis, S. guianensis var guianensis cv. Schoefield en 'n regopgroeiende lyn van S. guianensis var intermedia cv. Oxley (finestem stylo) en fruticosa gevestig en in twee kampe gedurende Januarie 1973 'n mengsel van fynstem stylo en Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro. Voltydse beweiding het teen Junie 1973 'n aanvang geneem met die beleid om speenossies vir 'n jaar op weiding groot te maak en hul dan in die voerkraal af te rond. Tot Januarie 1975 is albei stelle kampe teen dieselfde weidruk bewei. Daarna is meer beeste op die peulgewas versterkte kampe gedra. Die gemiddelde jaarlikse toename per kop was 118 kg op die kontrole en 161 kg op die peulgewas versterkte veld. Gemiddelde jaarlikse gewigstoename per ha was 116 en 177 kg respektiewelik. Die tempo van toename vand die twee groepe osse was soortgelyk gedurende die hoofgroeiseisoen maar beeste op die peulgewas kampe het beter presteer gedurende die laat groeiseisoen en die droë seisoen. Die digtheid van fyn-stem stylo het gedurende die proefperiode toegeneem terwyl die van die ander Stylosanthes lyne en Siratro afgeneem het. PROCEDURE SiteThe trial was done at Grasslands Research Station, Marandellas, (31Q30'E, 18<>1 l's, altitude 1 640 m) on a medium-grained granite-derived sand which had last been cultivated in the early 1950's and had reverted to grassland dominated by Hyparrhenia filipendu...

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confidence: 45%

Effects of legume reinforcement of veld on the performance of beef steers

Clatworthy¹,

Holland²

1979

Proceedings of the Annual Congresses of the Grassland Society o

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“…The superiority of S. humilis in relative growth over the other species when grown in the Samford soil with low phosphate supply (= 2-4 cwt superphosphate per acre) agrees with its reputed field superiority over other species in this regard (Anon. 1959;Norman and Arndt 1959;Shaw 1961;Graham 1964;Humphries 1967).…”

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The effect of phosphorus on the growth and chemical composition of some tropical pasture legumes. I. Growth and critical percentages of phosphorus

Andrew¹,

Robins²

1969

Aust. J. Agric. Res.

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Nine tropical and one temperate pasture legume species were grown in pots of soil with varying additions of phosphate. Growth responses and chemical conlposition of the plant tops were recorded, and from the latter, critical percentages of phosphorus were established. These were verified by using data from two soils in the pot culture investigation and a total of six field sites.Glycine javanica and Desmodium intortum were the most responsive species in pots, and Stylosanthes humilis and Lotononis bainesii were the least responsive species. The quantity of phosphorus per pot accumulated in the tops of the plants was greatest for Stylosanthes humilis and Lotononis bainesii at all treatment levels. Critical percentages of phosphorus in the tops of Phaseolus Iathyroides, Phaseolus atvopuvpureus, Stylosanthes humilis, Centrosema pubescens, Glycine javanica, Lotononis bainesii, Medicago sativa, Desmodium uncinatum, DesmorEium intortum, and Vigiza luteola sampled at the immediate pre-flowering stage of growth were 0.20, 0.24,O. 17,O. 16, 0.23,O. 17, 0.24, 0.23, 0.22, and 0.25 % phosphorus respectively.

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“…However, no reports can be cited in which responses were obtained to the supplementation of grazing animals with naturally occurring browse. In future work on supplementation with browse, it would be of value to make comparisons with alternative protein sources, such as protein concentrates (Harris et al, , 1967;Shaw, 1961).…”

Section: Chemical Analysesmentioning

confidence: 98%