Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Some Results of Seeding and Fertilization to Improve Southern Forest Range
Several million acres of cutover longleaf-slash pine forests have long contributed to the beef cattle industry of the Southeast. These forests often provide forage for cattle through the entire timber rotation. Although large quantities of forage may be produced, beef production is limited because the infertile soils do not produce high quality native forage palatable to cattle. Quality, quantity, and palatability of forage could seemingly be improved through the application of fertilizer and replacement of the less desirable Species with more nutritious tame forage plants.
The tests reported herein were an endeavor to improve forest range by eliminating the relatively low quality native forage and seeding to desirable tame pasture plants adaptable to the coastal plain region. Improvement prae tices involved land preparation, fertilization, and artificial seeding. Treat ment was evaluated by measuring the response of tame and native forage plants, pine seedling establishment and survival, and animal weight changes.
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