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THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON THE NATIVE VEGETATION OF KANSAS PRAIRIE
Abstract
Tall grass vegetation occupies approximately three and one-half million acres of the Flint Hill Region of Kansas. This area annuallysupports thousands of cattle shipped into the region from the southwest as well as local herds. Stockmen maintain these larger numbers of cattle through the summer growing season on the native bluestem pastures. In favorable sites in the region, excellent meadows are maintained as a source of native prairie hay. Ranchers use this hay as a supplemental feed to the pasturage to carry their breeding herds through the winter. Even though the productive capacity of most pastures and meadows in this area is high in favorable years, farmers and ranchers have expressed considerable interest in the use of commercial fertilizers as a means of increasing forage yields. Fertilizer manufacturers also have expressed the desire to have studies pursued in this connection.
Subject Area
Plant sciences
Recommended Citation
MADER, ERNEST LEE, "THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN FERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON THE NATIVE VEGETATION OF KANSAS PRAIRIE" (1956). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI0017363.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI0017363