Forage Yield and Carbohydrate Content of Underground Parts of Grasses As Affected By Clipping

Author

Floyd E. Kinsinger, Fort Hays Kansas State College

Department

Biology

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Abstract

The experimental sites were located on the Fort Hays Kansas State College farm about 2.5 miles west of Hays. Three plots were staked out in May, 1951, in relatively pure stands of each of the grasses to be studied. Two plots consisted of 9 square meter quadrats each and one contained 5 quadrants. The short grass area had not been grazed for about 10 years and the western wheat grass and big bluestem relict areas had never been grazed by domestic livestock. The control quadrats were clipped about 0.5 inch above the soil in the late fall of each year in order to obtain yield.

Keywords

Range management, Grassland ecology, Soil conservation, Prairiess, Hays (Kan.), Ellis County (Kan.), Fort Hays State University

Advisor

Dr. Harold Hopkins

Date of Award

Spring 1953

Document Type

Thesis - campus only access

DOI

10.58809/HZCR7869

Recommended Citation

Kinsinger, Floyd E., "Forage Yield and Carbohydrate Content of Underground Parts of Grasses As Affected By Clipping" (1953). Master's Theses. 513.
DOI: 10.58809/HZCR7869
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/513

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