Book excerpt: The Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Conference is a yearly gathering of agricultural scientists, industry professionals, and farmers who are dedicated to improving the production and quality of forage crops in the United States. This volume contains the proceedings of the 41st Conference, which took place in Memphis, Tennessee in 1988. The papers presented cover a wide range of topics, from soil fertility and plant breeding to grazing management and pest control. Anyone interested in the science of growing healthy and productive forage crops will find this volume to be an invaluable resource. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.