SEMI-ARID PASTURE AMELIORATION METHOD Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves cutting pasture into bands of equal width (25-50 m); providing band tillage of soil; sowing grass seeds on nontilled bands; harvesting grass plants upon maturing. Bands are tilled in alternation and sown with grass seeds having different maturing time. At mowing maturity phase, grass is mown and raked through nonsown bands up to boundary of next sown band. During raking seeds fall into nonsown band. Next year grass is mown at cereal mowing maturity phase. Late in autumn bands are harrowed transverse to sowing direction to rake in seeds. EFFECT: increased efficiency in pasture restoration, reduced cost and simplified method. 5 cl