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that water would be crucial in the production of herbage for livestock. The yield performance of the pure stands of A. gayanus over its mixed stands indicated that when the main concern is herbage production, it would be more profitable to grow the grass alone. However, the encouraging yields of Andropogonj Centrosema and Andropogon Desmodium do show how important these mixed stands would be in selecting a more nutritive pasture for livestock. The higher yields of the grassjlegume mixed stands of DigitariajCentrosema and Digitariaj Desmodium over their pure stands do show that much more productive mixed stands than pure stands of either grasses or legumes can be obtained. The mixed stands not only showed higher yields than their pure stands but also have obvious nutritive advantages.