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A NOTE ON THE USE OF THE POWER‐DRIVEN SHEEP‐SHEARING HEAD FOR MEASURING HERBAGE YIELDS
Author(s) -
Alder F. E.,
Richards J. A.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1962.tb00277.x
Subject(s) - grazing , shearing (physics) , head (geology) , sampling (signal processing) , environmental science , mathematics , agricultural engineering , statistics , biology , agronomy , physics , optics , geology , engineering , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , detector
3‐inch sheep shears powered by various motors have been used extensively for sampling in grazing experiments at Hurley since 1958. General observations on their use are made and the results obtained in comparisons of sampling methods made in 1958 and 1959 are discussed.