Feed and nutrition
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Item Browse plants of Kenya with special reference to those occurring in South Baringo(1958) Bogdan, A.V.; Dougall, H.W.; Department of Agriculture"It is a humbling fact for grass pasture experts to realize that probably more animals feed on shrubs and trees, or on associations in which shrubs and trees play an Important part, than on true grass or grass-legume pastures, short and tall grass ranges and steppes." This introductory sentence to "The Use and Misuse of Shrubs and Trees as Fodder" (1947) is almost certainly applicable to most semi-arid and arid parts of Kenya inhabited by pastoral trites and their livestock; it is particularly relevant to the South Baringo District, where most of the material described in this paper was collected. The southern part of the Baringo District is believed to be potential perennial grass-woodland country, but at the present time the grass cover is almost completely destroyed and the ground is exposed to such an extent that even during rainy seasons the leaves, bark and pods of trees and shrubs, together with the available herbs, provide the bulk of the diet of the ruminant and of other livestock.Item The Depth of Planting Rhodes Grass Seed(1960/1961) Bogdan, A.V.; Grassland Research Station, KitaleThe establishment of Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) under field conditions is sometimes unsatisfactory, and this has been partly ascribed to depth of planting. In order to find out if this could be so, a simple experiment was carried out in 1958.Item A Molasses Grass Variety Trial(1960/1961) Bogdan, A.V.; Grassland Research StationSince 1951 numerous samples of molasses grass (Meiillis lIlilllltifiora Beauv.) have been grown in small observational plots at the Grassland Research Station, Kitale. In 195612 of the better varieties were selected for further trial in duplicate plots of 1 / 100 acre each. The trial was planted in April andwas continued for three seasons until October, 1958. The seed was sown in 2 ft. rows at 10 lb. per acre and with it was placed one hundredweight of double super phosphate. One hundredweight of sulphate of ammonia was applied in May each year. Some varieties developed faster than others and to avoid punishing the slower types, all were allowed to flower and set seed in the first year, thus making possible a comparison of seed yields. Molasses grass is a late seeder and grazing did not begin till the second season. The plots were grazed seven times: four times in the second year and three times in the third year.
