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The Winter Grazing Program in Alabama 1
Author(s) -
Lowery J. C.
Publication year - 1947
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1947.00021962003900040002x
Subject(s) - extension (predicate logic) , citation , computer science , library science , programming language
T winter grazing program in Alabama is one of the most important factors in the state’s rapidly changing agriculture. Land is being used for productive purposes in winter as well as in summer. Labor of harvesting, storing and feeding is saved. Need for storage spaceis reduced. More dairy cows and other kinds of livestock can be produced. Farmers find winter grazing a good way to use some Of their land that cannot be planted in cotton or other cash crops. Only about one acre out of five on a very high percentage of the farms is used for production of cash income. Although the winter grazing program is. one of the most sensational developments in Alabama agriculture in recent years, the acreage is far too small to meet the needs. The program is still in early stages of development. The following figures for ~945 indicate size of the program: