The Influence of Time of Cutting on the Growth, Yield and Composition of Tropical Fodder Grasses I. Elephant Grass (Pennisetum Purpurevm).(With Four Text-figures.)

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VIII. SUMMARY: In the introduction the crying need for research into animal nutrition under tropical conditions is emphasised. In Trinidad the stock are normally fed on mixed natural herbage grazed or cut from waste areas or from cultivated perennial grass crops. This system of rationing is a common one in many insular tropical climates.The experiment was designed to test the effect of stage of cutting on the yield and composition of Elephant Grass (Pennisetum purpureum), a perennial fodder grass widely cultivated in Trinidad to-day. Three times of cutting were chosen, namely series A—cut every four weeks, series B— cut every eight weeks, and series C— cut every twelve weeks.