Ebook: Grass and grasslands
Author: Moore Ian, Fisher James
- Tags: Grasses--British Isles, Grasslands--British Isles, Grasses, Grasslands, Electronic books, Grasses -- British Isles, Grasslands -- British Isles, Europe -- British Isles
- Series: Collins new naturalist library 48
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- City: Europe;British Isles
- Edition: EBook edition
- Language: English
- epub
The use of natural and seeded grass pastures for the feeding of livestock and other unfamiliar uses for the ubiquitous grass family are described in this succinct and beautifully illustrated work.
The New Naturalist series has already covered many facets of the interrelationship between man and nature, but the grass family is probably the most important man in the whole plant kingdom - just how important is shown in this book. Dr. Moore, the Principal of Seale Hayne Agricultural College in Devon, is our leading authority on grasses and their utilization. His special interest is the use of natural and seeded grass pastures for the feeding of livestock. Striking advances have been made in recent years in the improvement of such pastures and Dr. Moore deals very fully with this vital link in the feeding of the human race; but he also covers that other equally important role of the grass family in our economy, the cultivation of cereal crops for the...