For use in break feeding with an electric fence the fodder beet needed is one which does not grow too deeply in the ground and' which produces a high amount of feed per acre without having a dry matter content high enough to make it excessively dangerous. The fodder beets which best fulfil these requirements are Korsroe and Red Otofte. each with a dry matter content of 17 per cent.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 95, Issue 3, 16 September 1957, Page 229
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70For use in break feeding with an electric fence the fodder beet needed is one which does not grow too deeply in the ground and' which produces a high amount of feed per acre without having a dry matter content high enough to make it excessively dangerous. The fodder beets which best fulfil these requirements are Korsroe and Red Otofte. each with a dry matter content of 17 per cent. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 95, Issue 3, 16 September 1957, Page 229
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