A.B. Gross
Klamath Falls
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The Klamath Experiment Station pasture trial completed in 1965 on
the HolliAay Ranch on the Keno Road has six seasons of production results. The average production of these five forage mixtures is given
in the tables below in terms of pounds of beef per acre and average
daily gain.
Av
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
e
Ky.blue. & Wh.clover
Alta f. & Vernal alf.
Alta f. & wh. clover
Mea.fox. & Vernal alf.
Mee.fox. & wh. clover
960
19151_
1962
1965
1964
19*
492
479
568
420
537
599
738
550
674
530
611
708
589
656
618
732
524
644
510
523
661
517
559
447
518
550
443
429
440
404
607
568
556
524
521
f pounds
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Mea.fox. & Vernal alf.
Ky.blue. & wh.clover
Mea.fox. & wh.clover
Alta f. & wh. clover
Alta F. & Vernal elf.
960
1961
1962
1963
1 261
1965
Ave.
1.75
1.62
1.74
L81
1.62
1.87
1.78
1.71
1.56
1.61
1.54
1.39
1.20
1.23
1.51
1.90
2.05
1.61
1 79
1.51
1.65
1.57
1.71
1.55
1.33
1.55
1.74
1.43
1 36
1 3i
1.71
1.69
1 56
1.54
1.48
Average percent Igeume
1.
2.
3.
4.
5,
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
Ave.
56
55
66
36
60
46
46
20
30
11
35
35
25
32
26
62
62
25
51
35
67
25
29
25
35
37
28
31
17
8
50
42
32
30
29
Ky.biue & wh. clover
Mea.fox, & Ver2nel elf.
Mee. fox. & wh. clover
Alta f. & Vernal alf,
Alta F. & wh. clover
The improved production of Kentucky bluegrass and white clover compared with the other mixtures is bblieved due to two factors - frequent
r the past six years.
light irrigations and progressively cooler seasons
It should a!so be noted that the white clover should receive much of
the credit for the production. It comprised about 55 percent of the forage
during the past three seasons.
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April
May
June
July
August
September
I 9 60
1961.
)96
1963
1964
19 5
44<
48.3
63.6
71.6
64.3
61.7
45.5
50.0
05.1
68.5
68.9
55.7
47.8
48.2
50.5
65.4
63.3
61.5
38.7
54.3
57.3
62,1
64.1
62.2
42.3
49.2
57<1
67.0
63=9
56.4
42.7
50.3
58.9
65.8
63.3
55.5
30