Explain how the Merrill system works and identify where it is ...

[go.lag]

Explain how the Merrill system works and identify where it is best suited.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Seasonal suitability grazing works best under what conditions?
 
  A) On shortgrass prairie ranges heavily dominated by blue grama
  B) Where forage resources on a ranch are diverse
  C) On flat desert areas where little diversity exists in forage resource
  D) California annual grasslands

[frre432]

Answer to Question 1

The Merrill system involves 4 pastures each of which is grazed 12 months and then not grazed for 4 months. After a complete 4 year cycle, each pasture will have received a period of non-use during the different seasons of the year. This system is well suited to rangelands where effective precipitation for perennial forage growth can occur anytime during the year, such as central Texas.

Answer to Question 2

B

[go.lag]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[frre432]

Great! Please up vote