Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1136/en

The Compost Manuring of Meadows and Pastures

Permanent grassland furnishes the fodder for ruminants and horses. This consists of the vegetative parts of the shoot — stem and leaf. The growth is grazed off repeatedly from spring through into autumn, or mown for green fodder or hay. On pastures, and still more on herb-rich meadows, individual herbs come to blossom in spring. After flowering they withdraw into the leaf-rich rosette stage. The grass grows up anew again and again from its tillering nodes. Meadow and pasture remain green through winter and summer alike. The growth is maintained largely in the purely