DITISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 

 Experiment with Eates of Seed per Acre of Alfalfa (Irrigated) Sown in 1912. 



Experiment with Rates of Seed per Acre of Alfalfa (Irrigated).- 



Half an Acre. Sown in 1911. 



-Size of plots 



*In the year of 1912 only two cuttings were taken. 



Variety Tests of Alfalfa. 



In the spring of 1909, seed of fourteen varieties or strains of alfalfa was planted 

 that was received from the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D.C. This was supplied by the courtesy of Mr. J. M. Westgate, Agronomist, Division 

 of Forage Crop Investigations. The following table gives the results for the season : — 



Varieties of Alfalfa. 



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(D 

 N 



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CO 



O 



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1-40 

 1 10 

 1-10 

 1-10 

 1-40 

 1-10 

 1-10 

 1-40 

 1-40 



i-io: 



1-10 

 1-40 

 1-10 

 1-10 



23203 From Wemyj, Turkestan.. 



24859 Kansas Hardy 



24837 Canadian (Variegated) 



Turkestan from Ottawa 



22788 From Aulie-ata, Turkestan. 



23454 Montana 



2.3,394 Sand Lucerne 



22"9 ( From Kiva, Turkestan .. . . 



22789 From Tt^chimkent Turkstan 



21032 Turkestan 



25102 



25022 Old Frankish Lucerne . . . 

 24S'^(i Canadian (Purple Flowers). 

 23:<96 Sand Lucerne 



June 9, 1913. 



First Cut- 

 ting Yield 

 per Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1,000 



750 



1,040 



300 



600 



1,400 



1,.350 



1,200 



1,900 



(ioO 



1,800 



1,850 



July 28, 1913 Sept. 10, 1913 

 Second Cut-i Third Cut- 

 ting Yield ; ting Yield 

 per Acre. per Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 



400 

 1,450 

 l,8.-)0 

 1,-500 



1,550 



1,050 



200 



1,300 

 1,600 



600 

 1,000 



850 



Tons. Lb. 



1,600 

 1,550 

 1,600 

 950 

 800 

 1,500 

 1,200 



1^00 

 850 

 1,050 

 1,200 

 1,2.50 

 1,100 



Total for 



1913. 



Yield per 



Acre. 



Tons. Lb. 



6 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 3 



1,000 

 1,750 



490 

 1,750 

 1,400 



450 

 1,600 

 1,400 

 1,400 

 50 

 1.300 

 1,600 



100 

 1,950 



Average 

 Yield per 

 Acre for 

 4 Years. 



Tons. Lb. 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



1,750 



1,658 



1,558 



1,488 



1,430 



1,230 



563 



.550 



190 



1,995 



1,975 



i,8(;o 



1,700 

 1,170 



Lethbridoe. 



