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Intensive Grassland Management under the Hohenheim System¹

Massachusetts Agricultural College

Abstract

This briefly summarizes the two years' work of the intensive grassland management under the Hohenheim system at the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Both pasture seasons have been abnormal, the first extremely wet and the second very dry. We believe that a normal season will show even greater possibilities in the system; however, a few general conclusions may be drawn:

1. A heavy, thick turf is essential for best results from fertilizer application.
   
2. The application of fertilizer increases the quality and quantity of pasture grass.
   
3. Nitrogenous fertilizers are necessary for greatest returns when a good pasture turf is established.
   
4. That proper management of the herd and plots, combined with fertilizer treatment, is essential for the greatest net returns per acre of an intensive grassland system. In fact, it is difficult to conceive of an intensive system without the use of fertilizers.
   

Note: Tables from which the charts have been made are now available for those interested and the detailed results of the two years' worK are in the process of publication.

¹ Contribution No. 103 from Mass. Agricultural Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass.

² The author greatly appreciates the suggestions of the Advisory Committee and the services of Prof. J. G. Archibald, C. H. Parsons and R. C. Foley, who have furnished the data used in this report.