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YIELDS OF ALFALFA 'hay. 



The following- estimates of their yields of alfalfa hay 

 obtained are reported in correspondence b}^ the parties 

 named below : 



Total no. tons. No. Date 



per acre. cuttings. Reported by County. 1st cutting. 



3 unmanured | 4 to 7 



5 to 6 manured \ J. C. Webb Marengo 



4 to 5 4 to 5 J. L Thornton Greene May 1. 



114 medium land } 4 



5 on bottoms y Dr. W. J. McCain Sumter May . . 



V2 to 21/2 3 P. G. Lightfoot Greene May 10 



3 or 4 E. F. Bouchelle Greene. .April 20, '03 



1 to 5 3 or 4 J. O. Hays Greene May 10 



2 to 4 4 to 6 S. Selden Greene April 



lyz prairie ) 



1 post oak V J. McKee Gould, Jr Greene May 10 



sandy land ) 



4 W. M. Hill Hale May 1 



4 or 5 B. B. Rudolph Lowndes May 10 



3 3 M. H. Traylor j Fall sowing May 



Lowndes | Spring sowing June 



1 to 3 4 J. A. Dillard Montgomery . . Mch 24 



3 3 Judge W. H. Tayloe . . . Marengo 



4 Cobb & Macmillan .... Sumter April 



2}4 3 E. H. Allison Morgan 



The yields estimated bv the above named alfalfa grow- 

 ers as the average production under their condi'tions in- 

 dicate that after the first season alfalfa can be cut three 

 to six times (usually 4 times), and that the yield of hay 

 on good land is three or six tons per acre. Land pro- 

 ducing less than two tons per acre may yield a 

 profit, buit should not be selected for alfalfa without first 

 being fertilized with some legume, with manure, or with 

 fertilizers. 



The most usual date for the first cutting as found by the 

 above named growers is about the first of May or earlier. 

 When sown in the spring one would expect no cutting 

 of consequence for a month later, and much less than 

 a normal yield' the first season of growth. On poor lands 

 mth unfavorable seasons no cuttings ^^•orth raking are 

 obtained during the first season from spring sowing. 



