The economic utilisation of grassland

Abstract

Recent experimental work has brought to notice the remarkable yield potential of Irish grassland. In experiments at Johnstown Castle on poor soils, yields of about 40 cwts. of starch equivalent (S.E.) per acre were obtained (8). It is now agreed that the problem of increasing output of grass is not very difficult and that it should be quite possible with a moderate programme of pasture improvement to raise the average output of pasture to 25 cwts. (S.E.) per acre which is about double the present output.