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Published online 1 September 1958
Published in Agron J 50:517-520 (1958)
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Irrigation of an Alfalfa-Ladino Clover-Bromegrass Dairy Pasture in Michigan1

Milo B. Tesar, E. H. Kidder and G. M. Ward2

Synopsis: Alfalfa-Ladino clover-bromegrass dairy pastures irrigated with 3
Figure 2
inches of water annually during a 3-year period under a humid climate produced 17% more forage and 18% more milk (because of increased carrying capacity) than those not irrigated. An inch of applied water increased forage production by 0.20 ton.Irrigation was not profitable, based on a replacement value of $25.00 per ton of dry forage produced and a cost of $5.11 per acre-inch of water applied.

1 Journal Article No. 2179 from the Departments of Farm Crops, Agricultural Engineering, and Dairy Husbandry, Michigan Agr. Exp. Sta., East Lansing.

2 Respectively, Professor of Farm Crops, Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering, and Associate Professor of Dairy Husbandry, Kansas State College, formerly Assistant Professor, Michigan Agr. Exp. Sta.

Received for publication January 13, 1958.




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