Grass Productivity is a prodigiously documented textbook of scientific information concerning every aspect of management "where the cow and grass meet." Andre Voisin's "rational grazing" method maximizes productivity in both grass and cattle operations.
Foreword List of Tables Table of Figures Note: Conversion from Metric to British Units Introduction to The Island Press Edition Introduction: The Meeting of Cow and Grass
PART I. The Grass Chapter 1. What Is a Herbage Plant? Chapter 2. The Curve of Grass Growth Chapter 3. Rest Period and Annual Production of Grass Chapter 4. Seasonal Fluctuations in Grass Growth Chapter 5. Influence of Fertilisers on the Vigour of Growth and on the Production of Grass Chapter 6. An Immense Army of Lilliputian Ploughmen Bury the Phospho-Potassic Fertilisers Applied to the Pasture Chapter 7. White Clover, A Factory for Free Nitrogen Production Chapter 8. At What Height Should Grass Be Grazed? Chapter 9. The Composition of Grass
PART II. The Cow Chapter 1. How the Cow Harvests the Grass Chapter 2. The Quantities of Grass Harvested by the Cow Chapter 3. Quantities of Milk Produced by the Cow when She Harvests Her Own Grass Chapter 4. The Cow Is a Gourmet Chapter 5. Conversion of Nitrogenous Substances in the Stomach of the Cow Chapter 6. Grass Tetany
PART III. Laws of Rational Grazing -Requirements of the Grass and of the Cow
PART IV. Principles for the Conduct Of Rational Grazing Chapter 1. Definition of the Basic Elements Chapter 2. Determination of the Number of Paddocks Is the Basis of the Rational Grazing Plan Chapter 3. Division of the Herd into Groups Chapter 4. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grass Growth Chapter 5. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grassland Production by Varying the Number of Paddocks in the Rota Chapter 6. Compensation for Seasonal Fluctuations in Grassland Productivity by Application of Nitrogen Chapter 7. External Methods of Compensating for Seasonal Fluctuations
PART V. Rational Grazing In Practice Chapter 1. Flexibility in Management Is Essential Chapter 2. Putting Out to Grass in Rational Grazing
PART VI. Common Errors in Supposedly Rational Systems of Grazing Chapter 1. Rotation Was Recommended by the Encyclopedists of the Enlightenment Chapter 2. Pioneers of Rotation Failed to Recognise the Importance of the ""Time"" Factor Chapter 3. Untoward Acceleration
PART VII. Tethering and Rationed Grazing, Special Systems of Rational Grazing Chapter 1. Tether Grazing Chapter 2. Different Forms of Rationed Grazing Chapter 3. Does Rationed Grazing Produce 25% More Than Rotation? Chapter 4. Rational Grazing Allowing a Variable Grazing Area But No Area of Pasture that Has Already Been Grazed (One Group Only) Chapter 5. Rationed Grazing Where the Animals Have Access to an Area that Has Already Been Grazed (One Group Only) Chapter 6. Rationed Grazing with Two Groups Chapter 7. Grazing Rationed in Time
PART VIII. Division of Pastures Chapter 1. A General Problem Chapter 2. Watering Points and Access Corridors Chapter 3. Divided Pastures
PART IX. Rational Grazing Transforms the Flora Chapter 1. Extremely Rapid Evolution of the Flora Chapter 2. Simplified Examples of Flora Evolution Chapter 3. Common Grazings at Rengen (Germany) Chapter 4. A Personal Experience and Some English Experiments
PART X. Salient Points of Rational Grazing -Synopsis of the General Principles
PART XI. Wealth of Our Pastures Chapter 1. Simplified Method of Calculating Pasture Productivity Chapter 2. Production of the Voisin Pastures in 1954 Chapter 3. Comparison of Yields Obtained from Arable Crops and Permanent Pastures
PART XII. Difficulties of Yesterday and To-morrow Chapter 1. The Principles Have Always Been Known Chapter 2. Two Educational Difficulties of the Future Chapter 3. Difficulties of Research into Pasture Management Chapter 4. Rational Grazing and the General Economy of the Farm Chapter 5. ''Grass Productivity''?, A State of Mind Essential in the Future
Conclusions: Green Pastures Bibliography Index f Names