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1977
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In the Kirghiz SSR, the driving-pasture system is conditioned by the vertical zonation of the Tien Shan and Alai mountain ranges. A fundamentally new form of livestock production must be practiced to meet the present-day material and technical level of agricultural production. Such a new form is sheep fanning without driving. lt can be introduced in many mountainous regions of the USSR, where "inner" and "outer" pastures are available. The major conditions for a pasture system without driving are the creation of complex sheep production units and the establishment of the necessary fodder base. Two types of sheep production units are described:
(1) Units with intensive pasture-and-pen system, the sheep being grazed on "inner" pastures (using forage from arable rotations);
(2) Units with an intensive pasture-and-pen system, the sheep being grazed on "outer" pastures (using forage produced from seeded grassland in medium-altitude and alpine locations).
This implies an overall intensification of grassland farming as a whole, the establishment of seeded pastures, and the use of feed mixes.
Citation
Isakov, K I., "How to organize feeding in complex sheep production units in mountain areas of the Kirghiz SSR" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 7.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess4/7)
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How to organize feeding in complex sheep production units in mountain areas of the Kirghiz SSR
In the Kirghiz SSR, the driving-pasture system is conditioned by the vertical zonation of the Tien Shan and Alai mountain ranges. A fundamentally new form of livestock production must be practiced to meet the present-day material and technical level of agricultural production. Such a new form is sheep fanning without driving. lt can be introduced in many mountainous regions of the USSR, where "inner" and "outer" pastures are available. The major conditions for a pasture system without driving are the creation of complex sheep production units and the establishment of the necessary fodder base. Two types of sheep production units are described:
(1) Units with intensive pasture-and-pen system, the sheep being grazed on "inner" pastures (using forage from arable rotations);
(2) Units with an intensive pasture-and-pen system, the sheep being grazed on "outer" pastures (using forage produced from seeded grassland in medium-altitude and alpine locations).
This implies an overall intensification of grassland farming as a whole, the establishment of seeded pastures, and the use of feed mixes.
