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Animal production studies in Jamaica: I. Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

B. L. Nestel  and
M. J. Creek
B. L. Nestel
Affiliation:
Animal Production Division, Research Department of the Sugar manufactures' Association, Mandeville, Jamaica
M. J. Creek
Affiliation:
Animal Production Division, Research Department of the Sugar manufactures' Association, Mandeville, Jamaica
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A descriptive background is given to a group of beef farms in Jamaica on which a series of grass and animal production studies were carried out using technical and economical data derived from those farms over a 5-year period. During this time the farms co-operated in keeping standardized costaccounts and recording detailed outputs from farms and from improved and unimproved lands within those farms. Studies were made of the economics of pasture improvement and also of improvement in husbandry and breeding programmes. The possible value of the results to the small farms in the area is discussed.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 151 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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